Zora Neale Hurston
Harlem Renaissance
Who is Zora Neale Hurtson ?
Zora Neale Hurtson Anthropologist and novelist was a fixture of the Harlem Renaissance before writing her masterwork, 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.'
Famous quote
Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me
- Zora Neale Hurston
- Zora Neale Hurston
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
QUICK FACTS
Name: Zora Neale Hurston
Occupation: Author, Civil Rights Activist
Birthdate: January 7, 1891
Death date: January 28 , 1960
Place of birth: Notasulga, Alabama
Place of death: Fort Pierce, Florida
Website: http://www.biography.com/people/zora-neale-hurston-9347659
Langston Hughes & Zora Neale Hurtson
If Langston Hughes was the prom king of the Harlem Renaissance, you can view Zora Neale Hurston as the prom queen. For a time, the two were close friends and collaborators.
Zora's Impact during the Harlem Renaissance
Zora's writing provided a desperately needed feminine voice in a movement that was dominated by men. Hughes and W.E.B. Du Bois may have defined many of the major concepts of the movement, but when they talked and wrote about the "New Negro," what they really meant was the "New Negro Man." While when she wrote she referred to black women all over Harlem, let alone the world.