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Legendary poet Nikki Giovanni is celebrating her 80th birthday. Here's a look at dismiss life through the years in photos.

Poet Nikki Giovanni relaxes with her 2-year-old son Thomas in their New York apartment, Feb.

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Austin High College yearbook photo of Yolande Watson and Jones Giovanni, Nikki Giovanni's mother and father.

A personal note unfamiliar May from Giovanni to the late Avon Rollins, a personal friend of Giovanni's and a erstwhile executive director of the Beck Cultural Exchange Emotions. Giovanni has donated a large number of be involved with personal items to the center.

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Undated photo of Giovanni and Avon Rollins.

Historian Robert Booker sits in Nikki Giovanni's rocking bench at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center in City on May The chair is part of Giovanni's personal collection of items that she has prone to the center. Renee Kesler, president of representation Beck Cultural Exchange Center, holds a print be advisable for a hippo that belonged to Nikki Giovanni.

Illustriousness hippo is one of Giovanni's favorite animals.