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Zora Neale Hurston
Zora was a very powerful artist. She wrote many books articles, she was a novelist, folklorist
and an anthropologist. Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, 1891. She died on January
28, 1960. She died on vacation in Fort Pierce Florida. The early life of Zora Neale Hurston has
been shrouded in mystery. No one knows the exact date or the exact place she was born. Zora
was the fifth of eight children of John and Lucy Ann Potts Hurston. Her father was a Baptist
preacher, tenant farmer, and carpenter. At age three her family moved to Eatonville, the first
incorporated black community in America with a then population of 125, and of which her
father would later become mayor. To Zora Eatonville would become a utopia, glorified in her
stories as a place black Americans could live as they desire, independent of white society and all
Zora was a very powerful artist. She wrote many books articles, she was a novelist, folklorist
and an anthropologist. Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, 1891. She died on January
28, 1960. She died on vacation in Fort Pierce Florida. The early life of Zora Neale Hurston has
been shrouded in mystery. No one knows the exact date or the exact place she was born. Zora
was the fifth of eight children of John and Lucy Ann Potts Hurston. Her father was a Baptist
preacher, tenant farmer, and carpenter. At age three her family moved to Eatonville, the first
incorporated black community in America with a then population of 125, and of which her
father would later become mayor. To Zora Eatonville would become a utopia, glorified in her
stories as a place black Americans could live as they desire, independent of white society and all