Zora Neale Hurston

Personal Info

Birthday: 1891-01-07

Age: 134

Place of Birth: Notasulga, Alabama, USA

Known For: Writing

Biography

Zora Neale Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937.

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Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy

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Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

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Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

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Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

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