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Jan 18, 2022 · Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the pre-eminent writers of twentieth-century African-American literature. Hurston was closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance and has influenced such writers as Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Gayle Jones, Alice Walker, and Toni Cade Bambara. In 1975, Ms. Magazine published Alice Walker’s essay, “In Search of Zora Neale Hurston” reviving ...
Feb 14, 2022 · Lauren Michele Jackson reviews the first book-length collection of Zora Neale Hurston’s short nonfiction, “You Don’t Know Us Negroes,” edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Genevieve West ...
Nov 2, 2022 · This guide provides information on finding materials related to anthropologist, folklorist, and author Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) in Library of Congress collections, with an emphasis on unpublished materials. A selected bibliography of books by Hurston is included on the "searching the collections" page.
Jan 17, 2023 · Directed by Tracy Heather Strain, produced by Randall MacLowry and executive produced by Cameo George, Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space is an in-depth biography of the influential author whose ...
Aug 4, 2008 · Zora Neale Hurston was a woman of many talents. Born in 1891, she earned a BA in anthropology at Barnard College and her work documenting African American culture and folklore in the American ...
Perhaps, she began her masking career on September 18, 1904, the day her mother died. At Lucy Hurston's funeral, her family "assembled together for the last time on earth." Two weeks later, thirteen–year–old Zora Neale Hurston was forced to pack her bags and leave the only home she had ever known.
Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, 1891 in Eatonville, Florida. Eatonville was one of the first towns in the United States founded by Black citizens. Zora’s father was a minister who served three terms as Eatonville’s mayor. Zora attended the town’s school, where she studied the teachings of Booker T. Washington.
