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Birth Of Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio, on February 18, 1931. She was the second of four children from an African-American working class family. Her parents were Ellah Ramah (Willis) and George Wofford. -
Toni Morrison education and jobs
Morrison left Lorain to attend college at Howard University, the historically black university in Washington, D.C. -
Toni Morrison Fun Facts
Toni Original Name is Chloe Anthony Wofford. Morrison went to Howard University in Washington, D.C., to study English. She changed her name to Toni because people at Howard had trouble pronouncing the name Chloe. While at Howard she was a member of the Howard University Players, a theater company that presented plays about the lives of African American people. -
Morrison's Early Life
Toni Morrison Married her husband, a Jamaican architect named Harold Morrison.Had two sons, Harold and Slade. -
Toni Morrison Fun Facts
Toni Morrison Taught English Nine Years Before Releasing Her First Book -
Morrison's Early Life
The Morrisons' marriage was troubled, however, and they divorced while Toni Morrison was pregnant with their second son -
Toni Morrison Fun Facts
Toni Morrison First Book " The Bluest Eye" Was Released -
Toni Morrison's accomplishments
Toni Morrison is an American novelist, essayist, editor, teacher and professor emeritus at Princeton University. Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for Beloved -
Obstacles Toni Morrison Had To Over Come
she had to overcome that the fact that her son died -
Toni Morrison Fun Facts
Toni Morrison Estimated Net Worth Is $24 Million.
