February 18, 1931 Chloe Ardelia Wofford (Toni Morrison), author, editor, and professor, was born in Lorain, Ohio. Morrison earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Howard University in 1953 and her Master of Arts degree in English from Cornell University in 1955.
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February 18th in African American History – Chloe Ardelia Wofford (Toni Morrison)
By Chimsima Zuhri on February 18, 2012 in African American History, Author, Education, February
Tags: American Book Award, author, Chloe Ardelia Wofford, editor, Grammy Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, Nobel Prize, Norman Mailer Prize, professor, Pulitzer Prize, Toni Morrison
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