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Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn't have each other you had nothing.
Toni Morrison
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Toni Morrison
Age: 88 †
Born: 1931
Born: February 18
Died: 2019
Died: August 5
Audiobook Narrator
Librettist
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Lorain
Ohio
Chloe Ardelia Wofford
Chloe Anthony Wofford-Morrison
Chloe Anthony Wofford
Morrison
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison
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I couldn't bear to have people mispronounce my name. But the person I was was this person who was called Chloe.
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If a Negro got legs he ought to use them. Sit down too long, somebody will figure out a way to tie them up.
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