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Chloe Ardelia Wofford was born on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, a relatively racially
integrated city in Ohio. Her parents instilled a love of reading, music, and African American
folklore in her and her three siblings from a young age. When she was 12, she became
Catholic and adopted the baptismal name Anthony, which led to the nickname Toni.
Morrison graduated with honors from Lorain High School in 1949. She went on to attend
Howard University, majoring in English and minoring in classics. Then she completed a
master's degree in literature at Cornell.
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How did Chloe Wofford take on the nickname Toni?
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Her parents called her Toni as a young girl because she loved to sing and dance,
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She chose Anthony as her baptismal name, which she later shortened to Toni.
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Her favorite children's book character was named Tony.
She was named after her hometown in Ohio.