Racecar Report: Toni Morrison’s Beloved and my belated education By amandakbyrdAugust 10, 2019September 12, 2019Racial and social justice, Reading list In tribute to Toni Morrison who passed away this week, I am finally sharing a story I’ve been trying to tell for a year — about how reading Beloved last summer unlocked a part of me that had been deliberately locked away for 30 years.