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Zora Neale Hurston: A Brief Biography The Harlem Renaissance Jim Crow Hurston's Death & Resurrection
 * Born 1891 in Alabama, moved to Eatonville, Fla
 * Eatonville was the first all-black incorporated town
 * left home at 14
 * attended college in Washington DC
 * moved to New York and began writing
 * her rough upbringing is reflected in her writing
 * wanted to make something of herself
 * influential in the Harlem Renaissance
 * idea for Their Eyes Were Watching God inspired by a former lover
 * passionate about black folklore and the "collecting, recording, and broadcasting" black idiomatic communication
 * wanted to break from the traditional stereotypes of black women
 * married and divorced 3 husbands
 * died in poverty and obscurity in 1960
 * 1910-1930
 * Harlem, NY
 * predominantly black population
 * large migration of blacks from the south to the northern cities
 * migration creates a large intellectual community in Harlem
 * Langston Hughes
 * Richard Wright
 * WEB DuBois
 * Zora Neale Hurston
 * musicians - Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday
 * Jim Crow laws stated that separate facilities for white and black people was constitutional
 * began 1830's
 * After the Civil War, Black people's rights were not recognized
 * named for a song in a mistrel show
 * Hurston's worst "Jim Crow" experience was in New York not the South
 * in a doctor's office, was taken to a laundry room for examination
 * Their Eyes Were Watching God was published in New York on Sept. 18, 1937
 * Richard Wright said the book had no theme, no message and no thought
 * Wright believed the novel "lacked anger" and was one of its greatest flaws
 * The technique it was written in made white folks laugh
 * Alan Locke's infamous review asked when she would write social document fiction
 * The review hurt her so much she regretted writing the book
 * Died 1960, broke and unknown
 * Mid 70's, two books were written
 * a biography and an article titled "In Search of Zora Neale Hurston" by Alice Walker
 * First anthology of her work was published in 1979.