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Person Detail: Toni Cade Bambara

General Information:
Full Name: Toni Cade Bambara
Biography:
(1939-1995) Poet, novelist, anthologist. Toni Cade Bambara was born in Manhattan, New York. She was a valued anthologist of African American writing. Bambara grew up in Harlem, Manhattan, and Brooklyn, New York. She attended schools in New York City.
Life Events:
Year: 1939 Event: BIRTH New York County
Toni Cade Bambara was born in Manhattan, New York in 1939. 
Year: 1959 Event: OTHER Queens County
Bambara graduated from Queens College in 1959. 
Year: 1964 Event: OTHER New York County
Bambara received an M.A. from City College of New York in 1964. 
Year: 1970 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
The Black Woman
Anthology. 
Year: 1971 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Tales and Stories for Black Folks
Anthology. 
Year: 1972 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Gorilla, My Love
(Pub: Random House ISBN: )
Short stories. 
Year: 1977 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
The Sea Birds Are Still Alive
(Pub: Random House. ISBN: )
Short stories. 
Year: 1980 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
The Salt Eaters
(Pub: Random House. ISBN: )
Novel. 
Year: 1987 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
If Blessing Comes
(Pub: Random House. ISBN: )
 
Year: 1995 Event: DEATH (Unknown) County
Bambara died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1995. 
Year: 1996 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays, and Conversations
 
Year: 1999 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Those Bones Are Not My Child
Novel. 
Year: ? Event: RESIDENCE Kings County
Bambara grew up in Brooklyn, New York. 
Year: ? Event: OTHER Erie County
Bambara studied at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York. 

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