Summary Of Raymond's Run By Toni Cade Bambara

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Behind every story is a story itself. Toni Cade Bambara is an african american author whose writings are influenced by her background. In the short stories “the lesson” and “Raymond’s Run” we see how the author makes her characters like herself. Bambara tells her own story throughout her writings. Toni Cade Bambara was first named Miltona Mirkin Cade at her birth and later on changed it. She was a civil rights activist, writer, teacher, and filmmaker. She was born in 1939 in Harlem, New York. The author grew up in Harlem which is not the best area to grow up in .... in the lesson Sylvia grows up in a poor neighborhood in New York so she relates to the character. (Smith) Bambara upped and moved to Atlanta with her daughter in 1974 and taught