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PHSC Celebrates its 50th Anniversary and Black History Month: Zora Neale Hurston

Portrait of Zora Neale Hurston

Portrait of Zora Neale Hurston
Photo by Carl Van Vechten, Apr. 3, 1938. From Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004663047/

Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was writer, anthropologist, and playwright who grew up in the town of Eatonville, FL.

Eatonville was the first incorporated African-American community in Florida, which provided a special place for Zora to flourish as a youngster.
As a young adult, Hurston moved to New York and became a prominent voice of the Harlem Renaissance.
She was a pioneer and authority for the study of African American folklore.
Her most famous novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, was published in 1937.

References

Boyd, Valerie, “About Zora Neale Hurston,” Zora Neale Hurston, 2022. https://www.zoranealehurston.com/about/

Lillios, Anna, “Hurston’s Life,” Zora Neale Hurston Digital Archive, 2022. https://chdr.cah.ucf.edu/hurstonarchive/?p=hurstons-life