Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes

Being Black and poor is, I think, radically different from being anything else and poor. Poor, to most Blacks, is a state of mind. Those who accept it are poor; those who struggle are middle class.

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.

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  Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
  • Thinking
  • Mind
  • Black