Toni Morrison

• Early Life
>Born February 18, 1931, Loraine OH- August 5, 2019. Bronx NY
>Changed her name to “Toni” due to those at her college not being able to pronounce “Chloe” her given name.
>Went to Howard University in 1953 and gained a degree in literature and classics, then went on to Cornell and earned a masters in 1955.
>Started teaching at Texas Southern University
• Personal Life
>Married Harold Morrison a Jamaican Architect
>Had two kids Slade Kevin and Harold Ford
>Divorced 6 years later
>Slade Kevin died of pancreatic cancer
• Choosing her Lit Career
>She got divorced then started writing
>Became an editor at Random House (known in black fiction)
>The Bluest Eye
• Making Her Point Through Fiction
>Women’s Rights
>African American Rights
>Equality

• Later Career
>By 1993 she was the author of 11 novels
>New York Times named The Bluest Eye, the best novel of the past 25 years.
>Presidential Medal of Freedom (2012)
• Award
>First African American to win a Nobel Prize for Literature
>Sula National Book Award Nominee (1977)
>Beloved Pulitzer Prize Winner (1988)

Research Paper over Toni Morrison. Her life, Her works, Her Awards, Her success.
must be double spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt font.