BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In OUR History - Toni Morrison Wins Pulitzer (1134 hits)
Toni Morrison
On March 31, 1988, Writer Toni Morrison Won The Pulitzer Prize For Fiction, For Her 1987 Novel, Beloved.
In 1993 She Was The First Black Woman To Receive A Nobel Peace Prize For Literature.
Born In Lorain, Ohio, Morrison Entered Howard University In 1949, To Study English. She Began Writing Fiction As part Of An Informal Group Of Poets And Writers At The University Who Met To Discuss Their Work.
Toni Morrison Has Written Several Celebrated Novels, Including: The Bluest Eye (1970), Sula (1974), Song Of Solomon (1977), Tar Baby (1981) And Jazz (1992). Although her Novels Typically Concentrate On Black Women, She Does Not Identify Her Works As Feminist.
Morrison Taught English At Two Branches Of The State University Of New York. In 1984 She Was Appointed To An Albert Schweitzer Chair At The University At Albany, The State University of New York. From 1989 Until Her Retirement In 2006, Morrison Held The Robert F. Goheen Chair In The Humanities At Princeton University.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
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