BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech honored the life and memory of longtime professor and renowned poet Nikki Giovanni today at the appropriately titled “Black Love is Black Wealth: A Celebration of the Life and Works of Nikki Giovanni.”
Giovanni passed away at the age of 81 after a bout with cancer.
Many different speakers attended the memorial, such as close friend and former student Kwame Alexander, Virginia Tech President Tim Sands, and saxophonist Javon Jackson…