Toni Morrisons: Beloved

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Chloe Anthony Wofford, also and commonly know as Toni Morrison, was born on February 18th,1931 in Loraine, Ohio. Morrison is the second of four children, to George Wofford, a shipyard worker and Ramah Willis Wofford,a choir singer. Morrison's father worked three jobs in order to provide the best for his family. Mr. And Mrs. Wofford believed it would be a wonderful opportunity for their family to move North to escape racial inequalities, although their southern- African heritage would still remain. As a child, Morrison grew up in a fairly integrated neighborhood and was not fully amply of the racial inequalities taking place. "When I was in the first grade, nobody thought I was inferior. i was the only black in class and the only child that could read." Morrison had many friends of other races, and was not exposed to discrimination until her teenage years when she started dating. Mr. Wofford was a well known racist after being told stories about white adults during his childhood. "My father was a racist. As a child in Georgia, he received shocking impressions of adult white peopl...

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