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Title: Zora Neale Hurston
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Zora Neale Hurston
1891-1960
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Birth
Born January 7, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama
HOWEVER
Throughout her life, she claimed she was born on
January 7, 1901 in Eatonville, Florida.
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Parents
Mother Lucy, former school teacher. Died in1904
when Zora was only thirteen years old.
Father John, a carpenter, sharecropper, Baptist
minister, and mayor of Eatonville.
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Schooling
- 1917, Morgan Academy in Baltimore to finish high
school.
- 1920, Howard University, received an associates
degree.
- 1925, Barnard College to study anthropology.
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New York
- She was encouraged by many people to move out to
New York following recognition as a writer in a
New York magazine, Opportunity.
- Once in New York, Hurston became a part of the
New Negro movement, later to be known as the
Harlem Renaissance.
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Return to Eatonville
- She returned to Eatonville following her
graduation of Barnard Col