Bambara, Toni Cade Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995). Born in New York City, Bambara was educated there and in Italy and Paris. Early in her career she worked as an investigator for the New York State Department of Social Welfare but later devoted herself for many years to teaching and writing.One of the best representatives of a group of African American writers who emerged in the 1960s, Bambara was a consistent civil rights activist, both politically and culturally involved in African American life.
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