Contemporary Literary Criticism


Morrison, Toni | Chronology

Chronology

1931:Chloe Anthony Wofford (Toni Morrison) is born on 18 February in Lorain, Ohio, the second of four children of George Wofford, a shipyard welder, and Ramah Willis Wofford.
1949:Morrison graduates with honors from Lorain High School. She enrolls at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
1953:Morrison graduates from Howard University with a B.A. in English and a minor in Classics. She begins graduate study at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
1955:Morrison receives an M.A. in English literature from Cornell University. She begins teaching at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas.
1957:Morrison leaves Texas Southern. She joins the faculty at Howard...

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