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Zora Neale HurstonJanuary 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960
Zora Neale Hurston
• Born in Alabama in 1891
• Moved to Florida to the first black township where her father became the mayor
• Her mom died when she was 13 and she began to follow a different path to discover herself
Education
• After her mom died she quit school and started working various jobs
• At 26, she decided to return to school claiming she was only 16 to receive free schooling
• Graduated from Bernard College in 1928
Writings
• Wrote “Spunk” followed by “Color Struck”, a play
• Wrote many books, “Their Eyes Were Watching God” is the most well known
• She had many articles published in magazines, Opportunity being one of them
End of Zora’s Life
• Stopped writing
• Had a stroke in 1959
• Died in 1960 from hypertensive heart disease
• Buried in an unmarked grave in the Garden of Heavenly Rest in Fort Pierce
• Alice Walker discovered her grave and wrote a book about it
Other Interesting Facts
• She practiced hoodoo and black magic and wrote about it
• Accused of molesting her landlady’s mentally disturbed 10 year old son, the case was dropped but the media portrayed her in a bad light