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Zora Neale Hurston

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69 Years Old

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.

Born

Notasulga, Alabama, USA on 7th January 1891

Died

28th January 1960

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Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun Image
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Self (archive footage)
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy Image
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
Self (archival)
Fieldwork Footage Image
Fieldwork Footage
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space Image
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Self (archive footage)
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 Image
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
Herself