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Black love is black wealth

Nikki Giovanni

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Nikki Giovanni
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 7
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Knoxville
Tennessee
Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
Jr
Black
Love
Wealth

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If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.
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