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I am of the generation of segregation. Black Lives Matter is post. I said today, and I will say all the time, If Nina [Simone] were here, she'd have her Black Lives Matter [T-shirt] on. I think they're great kids. They don't need me or anybody else to tell them what to do.

Nikki Giovanni

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Nikki Giovanni
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 7
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