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A Joyous Revolt Recent Titles in the Women Writers of Color Series Joanne M. Braxton, Series Editor Lucille Clifton: Her Life and Letters Mary Jane Lupton June Jordan: Her Life and Letters Valerie F. Kinloch Zora Neale Hurston: A Biography of the Spirit Deborah G. Plant Border Crossings and Beyond: The Life and Works of Sandra Cisneros Carmen Haydée Rivera Nikki Giovanni: A Literary Biography Virginia C. Fowler Tracks on a Page: Louise Erdrich, Her Life and Works Frances Washburn WOMEN WRITERS OF COLOR A Joyous Revolt Toni Cade Bambara, Writer and Activist Linda Janet Holmes Joanne M. Braxton, Series Editor Copyright 2014 by Linda Janet Holmes All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Holmes, Linda Janet, 1949– A Joyous Revolt : Toni Cade Bambara, Writer and Activist / Linda Holmes. pages cm. — (Women Writers of Color) Includes index. ISBN 978-0-275-98711-4 (hardback) — ISBN 978-0-313-05077-0 (ebook) 1. Bambara, Toni Cade. 2. African American women authors—Biography. 3. Authors, American—20th century—Biography. I. Title. PS3572.A473Z66 2014 813'.54—dc23 [B] 2013045222 ISBN: 978-0-275-98711-4 EISBN: 978-0-313-05077-0 18 17 16 15 14 1 2 3 4 5 This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook. Visit www.abc-clio.com for details. Praeger An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC ABC-CLIO, LLC 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 This book is printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America To cultural workers worldwide. This page intentionally left blank If we were to present all the things that happened out there—the hard- ships, the pain, the struggles that we went through, no one would try to change the world. When we got on stage, we knew—Toni knew and I knew—we had to put a good face on: and that was a face of survival, a face of commitment. We thought if they knew what we were going through, they would decide to simply write a book. —Sonia Sanchez, May 25, 2012 This page intentionally left blank Contents Series Foreword b y Joanne M. Braxton xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xvii One At Home in Harlem 1 Two A Zone of Her Own 19 Three Bridges to Bambara 35 Four Cultural Worker on Southern Ground 57 Five From Atlanta to Vietnam 77 Six Making Dreams Work 97 Seven In the Sun, Resplendent 121 Eight Moving the Global Movement 143 Nine New Life in Film 167 Ten The Struggle Continues 185 Appendix A Call to Action 205 Selected Bibliography 209 Index 215
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