I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free,… - Toni Morrison
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I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist, essayist, book editor, and college professor, who received a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
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Also Known As
Birth Name:
Chloe Ardelia Wofford
Alternative Names:
Chloe Anthony Wofford
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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison
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Chloe Anthony Wofford-Morrison