1910 to 1935

Orange, Florida

Zora Neale Hurston, Eatonville, African American Authors, African American Folklore, Female Authors, African American Women

Born in Alabama and raised in Eatonville, Florida, Zora Neale Hurston became one of the greatest-known black female authors of all time. Zora once said: "I was born in a Negro town.  I do not mean by that the black backside of an average town.  Eatonville, Florida is, and was at the time of my birth, a pure Negro town-charter, mayor, council, town marshal and all.  It was not the first Negro community...