Birth place: Lorain, Ohio
Birth name: Chloe Anthony Wofford
Father: George Wofford
Mother: Ella Ramah (Willis) Wofford
Marriage: Harold Morrison (1958-1964, divorced)
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2004 – Is awarded the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work-Fiction for “Love.”
2005 – Is given the Coretta Scott King Award for “Remember: The Journey to School Integration.”
2012 – “Home” is published.
May 2012 – Is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
2013 – Wins the NYC Literary Honors for Fiction.
