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“Zora Neale Hurston’s final home deserves to be part of her enduring legacy,” said ZNHFEF President Marvin Hobson, per Amsterdam News. “A home is a place of safety and refuge.
Elements of Hurston’s conservatism are also evident, but often overlooked, in her best-known work. Their Eyes Were Watching God traces the tumultuous life of Janie Crawford. At the age of 16 ...
After traveling to Eatonville Florida and finding love, Janie Mae Crawford now has a life-changing decision before her. One that she never thought she would have to make. One that would kill the ...
Zora Neale Hurston, American literary icon, will have her work and home culturally preserved. Hurston’s last residence in Fort Pierce, Florida, was bought by The Conservation Fund.
Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! I’m claiming to have made up this game, but if you’ve ever showed up for class ...
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — Famed Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston’s Fort Pierce home is now protected, but its legacy still needs a lifeline. Officials with the Conservation Fund ...
Yale Repertory Theatre has revealed its 2025–26 season of five productions. The season opens with the world premiere of Zora Neale Hurston’s Spunk, a play with music, adapted by Hurston from ...
Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God is available from publisher HarperCollins. 6. “We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.”— ...
In 1927, anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston recorded the first-person account of Clotilda survivor, Cudjo Lewis. The story, “Barracoon,” was finally published in 2018.
This commencement cap originally belonged to writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston was a member of Barnard College's graduating class of 1928. Her degree was conferred on February 29, ...
An index of the many historians, memoirists, novelists, poets, news-makers, image-makers, and more who shaped the scholarship and storytelling behind “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” ...