Spin a Soft Black Song

A favorite collection of thirty-five poems for and about black children celebrates the energy and joy of life.

Thirty-five poems recount the feelings of Black children about their neighborhoods, American society, and themselves.

A favorite collection of thirty-five poems for and about black children celebrates the energy and joy of life.

Poet, activist, mother, and professor, Nikki Giovanni is a three-time NAACP Image Award winner and the first recipient of the Rosa Parks Woman of Courage Award, and holds the Langston Hughes Medal for Outstanding Poetry. The author of twenty-seven books and a Grammy nominee for The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection, she is the University Distinguished Professor/English at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, and an Oprah Living Legend.