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Section 1: Part I--The Foreigner’s Home, including the essays “The Dead of September 11” through “A Race in Mind: The Press in Deed”

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Morrison, Toni. The Source of Self-Regard. Vintage International, 2020. First International Edition.

• In “The Dead of September 11,” her remarks delivered at a Sept. 13, 2001 memorial service held at Princeton University, Toni Morrison speaks directly to those who lost their lives in the terrorist events of September 11, 2001.

• Morrison notes that in order to address the dead she needs a very particular approach--one untainted by preconceptions about governments, politics, and evil.

• She says that she must undertake this task with respect and humility, knowing her words will mean little in the face of such a tragedy.

• Morrison concludes this brief piece by delivering the core of her message to the dead: she wishes she could embrace them...

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