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Famed Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston’s Fort Pierce home is now protected, but its legacy still needs a lifeline ...
Nearly lost in a fire, Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' is out more than 60 years after her death. The novel expands on her interest in the ancient king of Judea.
Zora Neale Hurston moved to Jacksonville after her mother’s death in 1904, joining her siblings.Her father refused to pay for her schooling, leaving her to rely on family.
The 36th annual ZORA! Festival kicks off in Eatonville in late January with an art exhibition opening at the Hurston Museum and a three-day academic conference followed by an outdoor arts festival.
Zora Neale Hurston was always many things at once: a novelist, a trained anthropologist, and a brilliant essayist. But one element remained constant in her varied work: She was as determined to ...
Zora Neale Hurston, a prominent figure within the Harlem Renaissance, will posthumously publish a new novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' next year.
How dare Zora Neale Hurston author the African-American feminist classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, yet hate the New Deal, blast Brown v. Board of Education’s desegregation demand, and ...
Nearly lost in a fire, Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' is out more than 60 years after her death. The novel expands on her interest in the ancient king of Judea.
Zora Neale Hurston was a philosemite. She believed that the Jews had been victims of stereotyping that started with Moses and that was promoted by the Bible and fed to children in Sunday school.
Nearly lost in a fire, Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' is out more than 60 years after her death. The novel expands on her interest in the ancient king of Judea.
Nearly lost in a fire, Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' is out more than 60 years after her death. The novel expands on her interest in the ancient king of Judea.