Her work is found in major collections worldwide and she has been highly recognized for her etchings and engravings, many of which were inspired by time spent in Great Britain.
Her mother raised her, after the early death of her father, and worked as a domestic worker, a seamstress, and designer.
[1][2] Morgan received a fellowship to study in England in her twenties and spent much of her time exploring the Moors.
[1] Her work was selected to represent the United States in the First World Festival of Negro Arts, held in Dakar, Senegal, in April 1966.
[3] She has won a distinguished list of awards for her work, including but not limited to the John Hay Whitney Fellowship; first prize at the Philadelphia Museum in 1955; Gold Medal, Graphics Award, National Academy of Arts & Letters; the Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant; three gold medals from the American Artists Professional League, and the gold medal from Audubon Artists.