Zora Neale Hurston

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Researcher, Scholar, Anthropologist, Writer

Zora Neale Hurston was a researcher, scholar, anthropologist and an exceptional writer. She was born in Notasulga, Alabama, on January 7, 1891. Much of her work did not receive recognition until after her death. Among her most well-known works are “Jonah’s Gourd Vine” (1934), “Their Eyes Were Watching God” (1937), and “Moses, Man of the Mountain” (1939).