The list of words accurately describing the 30 year career of Zora Neale Hurston includes anthropologist, dramatist, essayist, folklorist, novelist, short story writer and autobiographer.
The early life of Zora Neale Hurston has been shrouded in mystery with the majority of biographical accounts list the year of her birth as 1901, some list it as 1903 and in recent years 1891. For many years, her birth place was said to have been Eatonville, Florida, however, recent evidence has placed it to be Notasulga, Alabama.
One of eight children, Zora Neale Hurston and her family moved to Eatonville when she was 3. Eatonville was incorporated in 1886 as the first self- governed all black city in America. Her mother, Lucy died when Zora was a child, but she encouraged her to “jump at de sun. You might not land on the sun but at least you’ll get off the ground.”
Upon reaching adulthood in 1917, she enrolled in Morgan Academy, which was the high school division of Morgan College,......
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