Bambara, Toni Cade(Toni Cade)

1939 - Born on the 25th of March in New York City.

1959 - Finished BA Theater Arts at Queens College New York.

1964 - Awarded MA at City University of New York.

1965-1969 - Served as Professor in City College of New York, Rutgers University and Spelman College.

1972 - Authored the short stories Gorilla, My Love.

1977 - Bambara made the short story The Sea Birds Are Still Alive: Collected Stories.

1980 - Wrote the novel The Salt Eaters.

1987 - Bambara wrote If Blessing Comes.

1995 - She died on 9th of December because of colon cancer.

1996 - Published her anthology Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions.

1999 - Her authored novel was published Those Bones Are Not My Child.

• "The most effective way to do it, is to do it."
• "The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality."