Dec 29, 2009

Their Eyes Were Watching God | Overview

The Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston was born in Eatonville, Florida. Her exact birthdate is unknown, but the most reliable sources put it at either 1891 or 1901. She was the daughter of John Hurston, a Baptist preacher, and Lucy Potts Hurston, a schoolteacher. Zora was the fifth of eight children, and in her autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road, Hurston fondly remembers growing up in an eight-room house with two big chinaberry trees shading the front gate. Eatonville was a self-governing, independent, all-black town. Her father was mayor for...