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Zora Neale Hurston

Jan 07, 1891 - Jan 28, 1960 (69 years old) in Notasulga, Alabama, USA

Zora Neale Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937.

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Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
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Fieldwork Footage
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Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
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Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
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Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
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