American novelist and Nobel laureate; a correspondent and ally of James Baldwin who gave a eulogy at his 1987 funeral.
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Morrison is named among the significant correspondents in Baldwin's papers at the Schomburg Center. Baldwin said she was literally his ally; Morrison gave a eulogy at his 1987 funeral in which she said he had given the Black literary world three gifts — language, courage, and tenderness.
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Angelou's papers at the Schomburg Center include her letters to Morrison, whom the library describes among her friends and fellow writers.
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Morrison is named among the significant correspondents in Baldwin's papers at the Schomburg Center. Baldwin said she was literally his ally; Morrison gave a eulogy at his 1987 funeral in which she said he had given the Black literary world three gifts — language, courage, and tenderness.
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Angelou's papers at the Schomburg Center include her letters to Morrison, whom the library describes among her friends and fellow writers.