THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Toni Cade Bambara

March 25, 1939 – December 9, 1995

“Writing is the way I participate in the struggle.”

Writer, Documentary Filmmaker, Educator. Fought for the rights of women, children, minorities and the homeless. Active in the 1960s Black Arts Movement and the emergence of Black feminism. Founding force in the development of Black women’s literature. Helped found the Southern Collective of African-American Writers.