Nobel Prize - From Toni Morrison's Nobel Lecture on 7 December, 1993. The # NobelPrize in Literature 1993 was awarded to Toni Morrison, "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import,
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Toni Morrison, who transformed American literature to win Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, dies at 88 | Richmond Free Press | Serving the African American Community in Richmond, VA
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Toni Morrison, the Nobel Prize, a terrifying staircase and the king who rescued her - The Washington Post
Toni Morrison (1931-2019) - Nobel Prize 1993 - Past Daily Reference Room: Tribute Edition – Past Daily: A Sound Archive of News, History, Music
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TheGrio - ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY! On October 7, 1993, Toni Morrison became the FIRST African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. According to nobelprize.org - "The Nobel Prize
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