The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, April 30th, 2000
Zora Neale Hurston 1891-1960
In January 1925, at the peak of the Harlem Renaissance, Howard University graduate Zora Neale Hurston moved to New York City. She later wrote of that period, "I had $1.50, no job, no friends, and a lot of hope." In a short time, she became the most celebrated African-American woman writer in the Western world.
Born in Alabama on January 7, 1891, Zora Neale Hurston moved as a young child to Eatonville, Florida, an entirely black and blackcontrolled town. As a result, Hurston did not experience the typical racial anxieties and antagonisms that most blacks encounter...
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