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Toni Morrison

1931–2019 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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  1. Toni Morrison reads from her work as the 1990 Josephus Daniels Lecturer Novelist Toni Morrison, winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Beloved, gave the 1990 Josephus Daniels Lecture in Memorial Hall, reading from her works. The free lecture was sponsored by the English department and the College of Arts and Sciences. People: Toni Morrison Place: Memorial Hall, University, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: College of Arts and SciencesSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 2, 1990, p. 1

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Trudier Harris papers, 1980s-2000s

Harris, Trudier · 1984

Scholarly papers of Trudier Harris from the 1980s through the 2000s, roughly 1,000 items across 7.5 linear feet in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5565. The work describes her work on African American literature, including criticism of Toni Morrison, and her place among African American women college teachers at Chapel Hill, with material on the Black Faculty Staff Caucus and race relations at the university.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019.

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