1939 to 1951

Orange, Florida

Theater, African -American

When one recalls famous poets, play writes and novelist most people think of Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, and Shakespeare. People seem to forget someone that made a tremendous difference in African American society. Zora Neale Hurston was an essential element in the African American culture.             Hurston was born in Nostasugla, Alabama on January 71981.  Her father was a preacher,...