Toni morrison

Toni Morrison

By malmal107

  • Toni Morrison is born

    Lorain, ohio, U.S.
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    birth - present

  • Graduation (no specific date)

    Toni graduates Lorain High School wih honors. "As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think." -Toni Morrison

  • Howard University (no specific date)

    She received her Bachelor's degree from Howard University with a major in English and a minor in classics.

  • Cornell University (no specific date)

    Morrison received her Master's degree in English at Cornell University.
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    Texas Southern University (no specific date)

    She taught at Texas Southern University, then returned to Howard University to teach.

  • Marriage (no specific date)

    Tori Wofford married Harold Morrison, a Jamaican architect.

  • Children (no specific date)

    Toni and Harold had two children together, Harold Ford and Slade Kevin.

  • Divorced (no specific date)

    The two divorced and Toni moved her children back to her parents' home in Ohio. "Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another." -Toni Morrison

  • Novelist (no specific date)

    Morrison debuted as a novelist in 1970 with 'The Bluest Eye'.
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    Yale (no specific date)

    After her time at Howard, Toni was a visiting lecturer at Yale University.

  • The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon (no specific date)

  • American Academy of Arts and Letters (no specific date)

    Morrison became a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

  • Beloved (no specific date)

    "If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." -Toni Morrison
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    Princeton

    She was a professor at Princeton University and served there until retiring in 2006.

  • Pulitzer Prize (no specific date)

    While at princeton, she won the Pulitzer Prize for 'Beloved'

  • Nobel Prize (no specific date)

    Toni won the Nobel Prize in literature. "Make a difference about something other than yourselves." -Toni Morrison

  • Death (no specific date)

    Slade (her child) passed away in December.

  • Princeton (no specific date)

    Morrison received an honorary doctoral degree from Princeton University.

  • Interntional circles (no specific date)

    Tori received "the Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" and the Ordre de la Légion d'honnuer in 2010.