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1. Author Toni Morrison 02.18.31 – 08.05.19

2. President Barack Obama honored Toni Morrison with the Medal of Freedom at The White House in 2012

3. Toni Morrison attended Howard University where she received a degree in English.

4. Toni Morrison began her career by teaching English at both Texas Southern University and Howard University,

5. At 39 years old, Toni Morrison published her first novel, The Bluest Eye.

6. In 1993 Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize In Literature for her Beloved novel series.

7. For nearly 20 years Toni Morrison taught classes and led lectures at Princeton University.

8. Toni Morrison has two sons, Slade and Ford.

9. Three of Toni Morrison’s novels, Beloved, Minstrel Man, and Scales of Injustice, have been adapted as feature screen films.

10. Toni Morrison was also known for her activism, frequently writing essays and giving speeches on criminal justice, and other issues that faced the black community.

11. In 2011 Toni Morrison was the commencement speaker at Rutgers University and received an honorary Doctorate of Letters.

12. Toni Morrison received the Honor Medal of The City of Paris in 1994

13. Toni Morrison’s portrait In The National Portrait Gallery

14. Toni Morrison released, Paradise, the final novel of the Beloved Trilogy in 1997.

15. Glamour Magazine recognized Toni Morrison as their 2007 Women of The Year.

16. Oprah interviewed Toni Morrison at the Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner

17. Toni Morrison released her 11th novel, God Bless The Child in 2015

18. The Toni Morrison Society is an international literary society dedicated to scholarly research of Morrison’s work.

19. In 2019 the documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am starring Angela Davis and Oprah premiered at the Sundance Film Festival

20. At 88 years old Toni Morrison died at Montefiore Medical Center in New York on August 5, 2019.