Writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston is born; she was raised in Eatonville, Florida, one of the first incorporated Black towns.
At a Glance
- Date
- 7 January 1891
- Location
- Notasulga, Alabama
- Key people
- Zora Neale Hurston
- Category
- Arts & Literature
- Source
- Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) · Library of Congress
What It Meant Then
She became a leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance and a pioneering folklorist.
What It Means Now
Their Eyes Were Watching God is now a cornerstone of American literature.
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