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~ On January 7,1891 Zora Neale Hurston was born.
~ She was born in Notasulga, Alabama~
~ Her father was John Hurston , he was a Baptist preacher and carpenter.
~ Her mother was Lucy Potts Hurston and she was a school teacher. -
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She moved to Eatonville, Florida.
Eatonville was the first black incorporated black community.
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Hurston moves to Baltimore Maryland. She is 26 now and she lied about her age to get a high school education. She goes to Morgan Academy. Zora claims that she was born in 1901. She graduated high school the next year and she goes to Harvard University.
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Hurston's book "Their Eyes Were Watching God" was one of her greatest accomplishments. It was a great American Novel. In 2005, a movie was made from her book.
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She made contributions to black community's though her noteworthy folklore writing. She wrote about racism. Zora start making contributions to black community when she first started writing in 1937.
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Zora Neale Hurston was married two times. Her last marriage ended in 1943 She married Herbert Sheen in 1927 to 1931 and She married Albert Price in 1939 to 1943. She had no children.
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In 1948, Zora Hurston was falsely accused of molesting a 10 year old boy. Later she proved that she was not in the country. She felt betrayed by her own community. This false accusation ruined her reputation.
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Zora Neale Hurston died January 28,1960.She died of hypertensive heart disease. She died poor and alone. Hurston is buried in a grave in Fort Pierce Florida. It was unmarked but it was found and marked in 1973.
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It influence my life today because she was a African American writer. She represented a women's voice in the Harlem Renaissance.
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Zora's parents were two former slaves.
She published more than fifty plays ,essays, and short stories.
She graduated high school at 27.
