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© Estate of Zora Neale Hurston In Eatonville, Zora was never indoctrinated in inferiority, and she could see the evidence of black achievement all around her. She could look to town hall and see black men, including her father, John Hurston, formulating the laws that governed Eatonville.
1891-1960. By Arlisha R. Norwood, NWHM Fellow | 2017. Zora Hurston was a world-renowned writer and anthropologist. Hurston’s novels, short stories, and plays often depicted African American life in the South. Her work in anthropology examined black folklore.
Apr 9, 2008 · View a timeline of the life and career of Harlem renaissance writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.
Jan 17, 2023 · How novelist Zora Neale Hurston transformed American anthropology. A new documentary, “Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space,” focuses on Hurston’s work as one of the country’s first...
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.
Jan 18, 2022 · Spanning more than 35 years of work, the first comprehensive collection of essays, criticism, and articles by the legendary author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, showcasing the evolution of her distinctive style as an archivist and author.
Zora Neale Hurston was a presence in the Harlem Renaissance, meeting everyone, being noticed, becoming a full-fledged member of the “niggerati,” as she called the black literary community. In 1926 she organized the short-lived radical journal Fire !! with Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman .
