rss feedEpisodes tagged "Zora Neale Hurston": 1 through 7 of 7
- Work In An All-Black Community
January 1, 1946 to January 5, 1946
Orange, Florida
Zora Neale Hurston, Eatonville, lifeZora Neale Hurston was an African American woman born in the first all African American town in America. She wrote countless accounts of different things she saw and experienced and this is very important because what she experienced was completely different than what most other African Americans experienced. In the short story “Turpentine” she accounts when she walks down to see where the...
- Colorblind 1924 to 1940 New York, New York Zora Neale Hurston, Black Poets
The Harlem Renaissance was a period of immense African-American intellectual advancement and culture revitalization. However, leaders in the African-American community were divided on the best way to portray their newfound ideas. The majority of intellects believed that desegregation was the ultimate goal, which was achievable by integrating their culture with white culture. The other school of thought...
- The Folklore and Dance behind Zora Hurston January, 1934 to 1934 Orange, Florida Zora Neale Hurston, African-Americans, African American Folklore, Dance
“Anyone wishing to get a real glimpse into negro life in Florida should not miss the performance to be given in Recreation Hall.” 1 This praise, given to the anthropologist, writer, poet, dancer and singer Zora Neale Hurston, came from R. W. France about her 1934 production of All De Live Long Day. Zora lived her life in an attempt to revitalize and find the truth behind her African American culture,...
- Zora Neale Hurston performs "From Sun to Sun" at Rollins College February 11, 1933 Orange, Florida Rollins College, Zora Neale Hurston, florida slave history
On Friday, February 11, 1933 Zora Neale Hurston’s program “From Sun to Sun” was shown at the Recreation Hall of Rollins College at 8:15 in the evening. At the performance Hurston led her company of Negroes in songs of African folklore, originating from various places around the state. Such songs included “Shack Rouser,” “East Coast Blues,” and “Alabama Bound”. The scenery for “From...
- From Eatonville to Broadway 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...
- Zora Neale Hurston: Impact on Music Folklore 1939 Seminole, Florida Zora Neale Hurston, African American Folklore, music
Music belongs to all humans. Race, size, or color does not matter. When it comes to music, all cultures come together, one voice is heard. Folklore music is a prime example of this, and Zora Neale Hurston played an extremely important role in it. Not many African Americans had the opportunity to publish any type of works, or even to express their opinions on music, but Hurston was able to and represented...
- Zora Neal Hurston's trials and tribulations through the Harlem Renaissance December 13, 1934 Orange, Florida Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, Rollins College
Zora Neale Hurston was born January 7, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama. Soon after her birth she moved to Eatonville, Florida which always remained her home throughout her life. Eatonville was the United States first incorporated black township, her father and many other African Americans were involved in the towns governance. Hurston was a very famous black author of short stories, novels and plays. Having...