The Black Woman: An Anthology (1970) edited by Toni Cade Bambara

Description

When it first appeared in 1970, The Black Woman introduced readers to an radical wave of voices that demanded to be heard. In this groundbreaking volume of original essays, poems, and stories, a chorus of outspoken women – many who would become leaders in their fields: bestselling novelist Alice Walker, poets Audre Lorde and Nikki Giovanni, writer Paule Marshall, activist Grace Lee Boggs, and musician Abbey Lincoln among them – tackled issues surrounding race and sex, body image, the economy, politics, labor, and much more. Their words still resonate with truth, relevance, and insight today.

About the Editor

Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995) was a writer, activist, documentary film-maker, and professor. She authored the short story collections The Seabirds Are Still Alive and Gorilla, My Love; the novels The Salt Eaters and Those Bones Are Not My Child; and the anthologies Tales and Short Stories for Black Folks and Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions. Her works have appeared in numerous periodicals and have been translated into several languages.