Toni Morrison was born February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. Her parents are George Wofford and Ramah Willis Wofford. Toni Morrison grew up in a constantly poor town. After high school Morrison attended Howard University. She received her degree in 1953 and then went on to Cornell University for her masters in English, which she received in 1955 (Toni Morrison 583).
Morrison taught at both Texas Southern University and Howard University. While teaching at Howard University she met Harold Morrison, whom she would marry and would father her 2 children. In 1964 they got divorced and shortly after she began her career as an editor. During this time she worked her way up to senior editorship at Random House's New York Headquarters. She taught at several colleges in the time between 1967 and 1988, like Yale, State University of New York, and Rutgers University (Toni Morrison 584).
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