Zora Neale Hurston was a powerful influence in African American
literature during the Harlem Renaissance. She was born January 7, 1891 and died January 28, 1960.
Zora Hurston was born in Nostaslga,Al, but later moved to
a small all black town in Florida called, Eatonville. When she was around thirteen her mother died, her father sent her to
a private school shortly after in Jacksonville.
After finishing school Zora went to college and it was there
that she began writing. Zora's novels did not contain the normal stories of racism because she lived a somewhat
priviledged life.
Every year a festival is held in honor of her life. The festival is called the Zora
Neale Hurston Festival of Arts and Humanities.
