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Ms. Morrison talked about her book, Remember: The Journey to School Integration, published by Houghton Mifflin Company. In the book, which is intended primarily for young readers, the autho…

Professor Toni Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize and was the first black American woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. She is a professor of humanities at Princeton University. She discusse…

The National Book Foundation presented the 56th Annual National Book Awards for best book in each of the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people’s literature. Garrison Ke…

The Harvard Book Store and the Progressive Book Club co-sponsored a panel discussion with the First Parish Church in Cambridge. Panelists discussed the influence of books on politics and cul…

Toni Morrison addressed the 2004 graduating class of Wellesley College. She cautioned them against the degradation of civil rights and other political dangers. She said allegorically that th…

Ms. Morrison talked to Mr. West about a number of issues including his career and writings, the state of race relations in the U.S., American culture, and using literary styles to convey mes…

The live forum, moderated by Mr. Adams, featured writers giving presentations about their latest books. The breakfast panel included: Noah Adams, author of The Flyers: In Search of Wilbur …

Ms. Morrison spoke to people as she autographed books, including a first edition of The Bluest Eye as well as her latest book from Scribner, Who’s Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper?.

Ms. Morrison talked about the state of the U.S. education system and what forms of teaching and testing constitute a quality education. Following her remarks she answered questions from the …

Pete Hamill moderated this discussion about literature and the craft of writing with authors Toni Morrison and Frank McCourt. The authors discussed a wide range of subjects pertaining to boo…

Professor Achebe, a Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, was honored on his 70th birthday. On stage before an audience, Ms. Morrison and President Botstein reminisced with Professor Achebe…

Participants talked about how values and ethics in college curricula help develop individual critical thinking and how values can benefit students. They also talked about how values should b…

Scholars, journalists, and celebrities gathered to oppose the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. They argued that the public had been ignored by politicians seeking to further their own …

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison spoke to students and faculty about race and history in America and what she called “the future of the past.” She also talked about the role of race in fiction …

Toni Morrison, who has won both 1993 Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, in 1993 and 1988 respectively, received the foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. After being…

Toni Morrission delivered the 128th convocation address at Howard University. She is the author of several books, including “Beloved,” "Song of Solomon" and “The Bluest Eye.” She won the Nob…

Members of the Kennedy family, civil rights leaders, and the descendants of 1960's civil rights leaders spoke during a Catholic mass commemorating the 25th anniversary of the death of former…