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Beers, Kylene, and Lee Odell. Holt Literature & Language Arts: Essentials of American Literature. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003. Print.
Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas Andrew Bailey. The American Pageant: A History of the Republic. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. Print.
Moore, Stephanie. "Toni Morrison." Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University. Youngstown State University, 2005. Web. 21 Sept. 2014.<http://cwcs.ysu.edu/ resources/literature/toni-morrison>.
Thao, Gaushia, David Dipasquale, Sarah Meyer, and Katya Rouzina. "Toni Morrison." Voices From the Gaps: University of Minnesota. The University of Minnesota, 3 Dec. 2012. Web. 22 Sept. 2014. <http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/morrison_toni.php>.
"Toni Morrison- Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, 2014. Web. 22 Sept. 2014. < http://www.biography.com/people/toni-morrison-9415590>.


Cited: Beers, Kylene, and Lee Odell. Holt Literature & Language Arts: Essentials of American Literature. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003. Print. Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas Andrew Bailey. The American Pageant: A History of the Republic. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. Print. Moore, Stephanie. "Toni Morrison." Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University. Youngstown State University, 2005. Web. 21 Sept. 2014.<http://cwcs.ysu.edu/ resources/literature/toni-morrison>. Thao, Gaushia, David Dipasquale, Sarah Meyer, and Katya Rouzina. "Toni Morrison." Voices From the Gaps: University of Minnesota. The University of Minnesota, 3 Dec. 2012. Web. 22 Sept. 2014. <http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/morrison_toni.php>. "Toni Morrison- Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, 2014. Web. 22 Sept. 2014. < http://www.biography.com/people/toni-morrison-9415590>.
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