The first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Toni Morrison brought eloquence, complexity and fresh insight to novels about the lives of Black Americans, especially women. Dr. Marilyn Mobley, former president of the Toni Morrison Society and Professor Emerita of English and African American Studies at Case Western Reserve University, tells why Morrison’s work has such profound impact.

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