Zora Neale Hurston

Known for

Writing

Born

Jan 7, 1891

Died

Jan 28, 1960

From

Notasulga, Alabama, USA

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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Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

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Fieldwork Footage

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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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Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy

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The Gilded Six Bits

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Ethnographic Films

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Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves

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American Playhouse

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