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Zora Neale Hurston

By redman

  • Source of Information

    This is where I got the information for this timeline.

  • Birthdate

    Hurston's actual birthdate was unknown to her.

  • Family moves to Eatonville, FL

    Eatonville, FL, was the first incorporated town only for African-Americans. The town figured prominently in many of Hurston's writings.

  • Graduated Morgan High School

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    Hurston studies African-American culture

    Hurston was an anthropologist. She studied folklore, music, and language of African-Americans living in the South.

  • Graduated Barnard College, Columbia University

    Hurston's field of study was anthropology.

  • Jonah's Gourd Vine is published

    Zora Neale Hurston's first novel
  • Jonah's Gourd Vine is published

    Jonah's Gourd Vine is published

  • Mules and Men is published

    Mules and Men is published

  • Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Their Eyes Were Watching God

    This novel is considered to be Hurston's finest.
  • Dust Tracks on a Road

    Dust Tracks on a Road

    Hurston's autobiography

  • Hurston dies in Fort Pierce, FL

    Hurston was a very popular author in the 1930s, but died in poverty and obscurity.