Toni Morrison day

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5.293, under Chapter 5 | State Insignia; Seals; Holidays.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5.293

The eighteenth day of February is designated "Toni Morrison Day," in honor of the American novelist, essayist, and teacher, who was born on that day in 1931. Chloe Anthony Wofford Toni Morrison, born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, was a recipient of the Nobel prize in literature and the presidential medal of freedom.