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Toni's Birth
Born February 18 in Lorain, Ohio to George and Ella Ramah Wofford. -
Toni's Graduation
Graduated Lorain High School. -
Toni's Graduation
Graduated Howard University. B. A. English; Classics Minor. -
Toni's Marriage
Married Harold Morrison, Jamaican Architect. Couple has two sons, Harold Ford and Slade Kevin. -
Toni's Book Published
Song of Solomon, published by Knopf. Song of Solomon was chosen as a Book-of -the Month-Selection, the first by an African American author since Richard Wright’s Native Son. -
Toni's Book Published
Tar Baby, published by Knopf.
Elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
Appeared on cover of March issue of Newsweek Magazine. -
Toni's Book Published and Award
Beloved, was published by Knopf.
Received Pulitzer Prize for Beloved. -
Toni's Awards
Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature. -
Toni's Award
Awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. -
Toni's Award
Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom.
