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Zora Neale Hurston - School Papers

Zora Neale Hurston


was an astounding Afro-American author who was recognized not for being the first Afro-American writer, but rather for her ability to bring forth her cultural language and imagery. If not for Zora's pioneering effort as a female black writer, the world of modern literature would have never seen the cultural insights of the African American culture in such a candid way.
Zora's date of birth is said to be in January of 1891, however her actual date of birth is debated today due to the fact that records of African Americans during the 19th century were not accurately kept (Lyons 2). Zora's home town, which was not disputed, was Eatonville, Florida, which was founded by African Americans and ...

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months out of a time (Lyons 1). Zora's mother, Lucy Potts Hurston was the "hard-driving force in the family."(Lyons 2) Lucy was a country schoolteacher, who taught all her children how to read and write, which lead to six out of her seven children earning a college degree (Lyons 2-3). Unfortunately, Lucy Hurston died when Zora was nine years of age (Otfinoski 46). Zora was the seventh child out of a family of eight (Otfinoski 45). During her childhood she felt unloved by her father and thus was seen as the odd on out (Lyons 2).
Zora's education was comprised of six years of grammar school, high school, and several prestigious colleges. Zora attended grammar school in Eatonville, Florida at Hungerford School around 1907 (Lyons 3). The summer of 1917 Zora began the next step of her education by attending Morgan Academy in Baltimore, Maryland. By 1918 when she had finished her high school requirements, Zora had attended multiple schools, in order to gain the best education as an ...

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Lucy. Her father's disapproval of her writing sparked an even greater sense of rebellion in her youth, which led to her pioneering efforts as an African American woman (Lyons 1-4). Her first job was not as a writer, as many would suspect. She worked as both a waitresses in a nightclub and as a manicurist in a black-owned barbershop during the summer of 1918 (Otfinoski 47). After Zora's undergraduate studies at Barnard College she began a career in Anthropology at Columbia University, under the famed Francois Boas, which led her to Florida. During her trips to Florida in 1927, she collected folklore from various African American towns and societies (Otfinoski 47-8). Zora step in ...

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Added: 8/7/2008 04:20:10 PM
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