I read everybody I can get to, and I appreciate the way "Am… - Toni Cade Bambara

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I read everybody I can get to, and I appreciate the way "American literature" is being redefined now that the Black community is dialoguing without defensive postures, now that the Puerto Rican writers are coming through loud and clear, and the Chicano and Chicana writers, and Native American and Asian-American.

Toni Cade Bambara

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Toni Cade Bambara, born Miltona Mirkin Cade (March 25, 1939 – December 9, 1995) was an African-American author, documentary film-maker, social activist and college professor.

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Birth Name: Miltona Mirkin Cade

Alternative Names: Toni Cade

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