Toni Cade Bambara (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
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Born Toni Cade in New York City in 1939 to Helen Brent Henderson Cade, the author would legally add Bambara to her surname in 1970. She claims to have stumbled across the word in her grandmother's sketch pad, and it is the name by which she is recognized as an influential African American writer of the latter twentieth century. Bambara's mother, Helen, attracted to the artistic wellspring of the Harlem Renaissance of her day, encouraged her daughter to partake of the cultural resources available in New York City during the 1940's and 1950's, including museums,...
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