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Black History Month Spotlight: Zora Neale Hurston

Submitted by Jahmoni Bartee Intern at the Office of Inclusive, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Accountability
February 07, 2021
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Notable person in Black History, Zora Neale Hurston.

Zora Neale Hurston

(January 7, 1891- January 28, 1960)

 

Hurston was an American Folklorist (anthropologist) and writer during the Harlem Renaissance. She attended Howard University from 1921-1924, went to Barnard College to study anthropology, and pursued her graduate studies at Columbia University. Her scholarly work and research made her a pioneer writer of folk fiction about the Black south. She dedicated herself to writing and promoting Black culture and the African diaspora, often incorporating her research into her fictional writing. Her most famous novel is Their Eyes Were Watching God. 

 

 

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