Toni Morrison
1931 to 2019
10 documented presences
10 places
Quo Fuit places 10 dated presences for Toni Morrison across 10 places, from 1955 to 2019. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Chloe Anthony Wofford "Toni" Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019) was an American novelist and editor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Toni Morrison was documented, and when
1955 to 1957period
Howard Universityattested
“She taught English, first at Texas Southern University in Houston from 1955 to 1957, and then at Howard University for the next seven years.”
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1955 to 1957period
Texas Southern Universityattested
“She taught English, first at Texas Southern University in Houston from 1955 to 1957, and then at Howard University for the next seven years.”
source: Wikipedia: Toni Morrison
1955 to 1957period
Houstonattested
“She taught English, first at Texas Southern University in Houston from 1955 to 1957, and then at Howard University for the next seven years.”
source: Wikipedia: Toni Morrison
1983year
Nyack, New Yorkattested
“Resigning from Random House in 1983, Morrison left publishing to devote more time to writing, while living in a converted boathouse on the Hudson River in Nyack, New York.”
source: Wikipedia: Toni Morrison
1986 to 1988period
Bard Collegeattested
“Morrison was also a visiting professor at Bard College from 1986 to 1988.”
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1988year
Londonattested
“Adams, professor emerita of Africana studies and comparative literature and chair of the Toni Morrison Collective: "The fact that Toni Morrison, during her first year as a master's student, lodged at a house just a couple of doors up the…”
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November 2006month
Louvreattested
“This triumph is commensurate with its ambition since it was Morrison's intention in writing it precisely to expand the range of classic American literature, to enter, as a living Black woman, the company of dead White males like Faulkner…”
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November 2006month
Parisattested
“This triumph is commensurate with its ambition since it was Morrison's intention in writing it precisely to expand the range of classic American literature, to enter, as a living Black woman, the company of dead White males like Faulkner…”
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5 August 2019exact date
The Bronxattested
“Morrison died at Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx, New York City, on August 5, 2019, at the age of 88, from complications of pneumonia.”
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5 August 2019exact date
Montefiore Medical Centerattested
“Morrison died at Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx, New York City, on August 5, 2019, at the age of 88, from complications of pneumonia.”
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Places Toni Morrison is documented in
Bard College1 presence · 1986Houston1 presence · 1955London1 presence · 1988Louvre1 presence · 2006Paris1 presence · 2006The Bronx1 presence · 2019
Howard University1 presence · 1955
Montefiore Medical Center1 presence · 2019
Nyack, New York1 presence · 1983
Texas Southern University1 presence · 1955
Other places tied to Toni Morrison in the record
In each of these, a source puts Toni Morrison and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Toni Morrison was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1949year
Howard Universitymentioned
“In 1949, she enrolled at Howard University in Washington, D.C., seeking the company of fellow Black intellectuals.”
source: Wikipedia: Toni Morrison
1949year
Washington, D.C.mentioned
“In 1949, she enrolled at Howard University in Washington, D.C., seeking the company of fellow Black intellectuals.”
source: Wikipedia: Toni Morrison
1955year
Ithaca, New Yorkmentioned
“Morrison went on to earn a Master of Arts degree in 1955 from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.”
source: Wikipedia: Toni Morrison
1957 to 1964period
Howard Universitymentioned
“While teaching at Howard University from 1957 to 1964, she met Harold Morrison, a Jamaican architect, whom she married in 1958.”
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1968year
New York Citymentioned
“In addition, she published and promoted the work of Henry Dumas, a little-known novelist and poet who in 1968 had been shot to death by a transit officer in the New York City Subway.”
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1968year
New Yorkmentioned
“In addition, she published and promoted the work of Henry Dumas, a little-known novelist and poet who in 1968 had been shot to death by a transit officer in the New York City Subway.”
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1974year
United Statesmentioned
“Among other books that Morrison developed and edited is The Black Book (1974), an anthology of photographs, illustrations, essays, and documents of Black life in the United States from the time of slavery to the 1920s.”
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1984year
University at Albany, SUNYmentioned
“In 1984, she was appointed to an Albert Schweitzer chair at the University at Albany, SUNY.”
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1987year
New Yorkmentioned
“It's richer than being a white male writer because I know more and I've experienced more." In a 1987 article in The New York Times, Morrison argued for the greatness of being a Black woman, stating, "I really think the range of emotions…”
source: Wikipedia: Toni Morrison
1990 to 1993period
Harvardmentioned
“college campuses, together with several of her novels and her 1993 Nobel Prize lecture.) Lyn Innes wrote in the Guardian obituary of Morrison, "Her 1990 series of Massey lectures at Harvard were published as Playing in the Dark: Whitenes…”
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January 1992month
Carnegie Hallmentioned
“She collaborated with André Previn on the song cycle Honey and Rue, which premiered with Kathleen Battle in January 1992, and on Four Songs, premiered at Carnegie Hall with Sylvia McNair in November 1994.”
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1995year
Howard Universitymentioned
“Make up a story." Morrison received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Howard University during its Charter Day celebration in 1995.”
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29 September 2001exact date
Washington, D.C.mentioned
“When the Congressional Black Caucus honored the former president at its dinner in Washington, D.C., on September 29, 2001, for instance, Rep.”
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7 May 2005exact date
Detroit Opera Housementioned
“Completed in 2002, with music by Richard Danielpour, the opera was premièred on May 7, 2005, at the Detroit Opera House with Denyce Graves in the title role.”
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2008year
2008year
2008year
2011year
May 2011month
Documented at the same place, the same year
Agnetha FältskogLondon · 1988Sirimavo BandaranaikeLondon · 1988James CallaghanLondon · 1988Kylie MinogueLondon · 1988Ouriel ZoharParis · 2006Jang Song-thaekParis · 2006Victoria, Crown Princess of SwedenParis · 2006Kim Kyong-huiParis · 2006Michel PolnareffParis · 2006Peter II of YugoslaviaHoward University · 1955Mario AndrettiHoward University · 1955Alexandre KoyréHoward University · 1955
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