Who is Toni Cade Bambara from the collection, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color?

Toni Cade Bambara is a novelist who writes the Forward to the book, and whose voice largely serves as an admirer and supporter of the writers and activists whose work will comprise the book. She incorporates a number of quotes from the writers included to highlight their hopefulness and the best of their unifying ideas. She stresses the value of working as a unified group of women from every nationality, so their strength becomes collective, and they each value equally the goals of every other group.