When Nikki Giovanni's poems first emerged during the Civil Rights and Black Arts Movements of …
BLK History Month by Nikki Giovanni
If Black History Month is not viable then wind does not carry the seeds and drop them on fertile ground rain does not dampen the land and encourage the seeds to root sun does not warm the earth and kiss the seedlings and tell them plain: You're As Good As Anybody Else You've Got A Place Here, Too
— Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea by Nikki Giovanni (Page 14)
