Date of Birth: February 18, 1931 Place of Birth: Lorain Toni Morrison was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford on February 18, 1931, in Lorain. Raised in a working-class Black family, she grew up immersed in African American folklore, storytelling, music, and oral traditions that would later shape her literary voice. At age 12, she converted to Catholicism and adopted the baptismal name Anthony, which inspired the nickname “Toni.” She graduated from Howar…
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