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OH SR341
Resolution
Status
Passed
8/9/2019
Primary Sponsor
Vernon Sykes
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AI Summary
- Honors the legacy and memory of Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Recognizes Morrison's birth in Lorain, Ohio in 1931 and her journey from a working-class family to becoming a celebrated writer whose first book, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970
- Acknowledges her contributions to breaking barriers for African Americans in literature through her writing and editing, and her role in chronicling the nation's past for future generations
- Notes her receipt of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and her work as a professor, editor, and devoted mother
- Directs the Senate Clerk to transmit an authenticated copy of the resolution to Morrison's family
Legislative Description
In memory of Toni Morrison.
Last Action
Adopted
8/9/2019
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