Zora neale hurston biography powerpoint example

Title: Zora Neale Hurston


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Zora Neale Hurston

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Birth
Born January 7, in Notasulga, Alabama
HOWEVER
Throughout her life, she claimed she was born on
January 7, in Eatonville, Florida.

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Parents
Mother Lucy, former school teacher. Died in
when Zora was only thirteen years old.
Father John, a carpenter, sharecropper, Baptist
minister, and mayor of Eatonville.

Zora neale hurston biography powerpoint example Works by Zora Neale Hurston. However, a falling out between them occurred between their collaborative play, Mule Bone. Father moved the family to Florida when she was very young. Zora Neale Hurston was one of the most important and celebrated figures to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance.

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Schooling

• , Morgan Academy in Baltimore to finish high
  school.

• , Howard University, received an associates
  degree.

• , Barnard College to study anthropology.

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New York

• She was encouraged by many people to move out to
  New York following recognition as a writer in a
  New York magazine, Opportunity.

• Once in New York, Hurston became a part of the
  New Negro movement, later to be known as the
  Harlem Renaissance.

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Return to Eatonville

• She returned to Eatonville following her
  graduation of Barnard College.

• There she collected material on folklore for her
  flourishing career.

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Writing Career

• Early s mark the beginning of her writing
  career, starting with college publications then
  moving up to magazines and newspapers.

• In the late s writing career began to take
  off as she published several works and gained
  financial sponsorship from New Yorks elite.

• Hurston reached the peak in her writing career in
  the s to early s.

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Writing Career Cont.

• In the mids, her career was beginning to
  fall apart.

  It included a scandal, in which she
  was arrested and charged for molesting a
  ten-year-old boy. She was later acquitted.

• Her name was permanently tarnished, and she
  experienced rejection after rejection by
  publishers.

• In about , Hurston made one final attempt to
  salvage her career but failed.

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Other Jobs
She could not make a living as a writer
therefore, she had to take other positions

• Teacher
• Librarian
• Domestic
• Journalist

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Death

• Hurston suffered from a stroke and was buried in
  Fort Pierce, Florida at an unmarked grave.

• In , Alice Walker placed a marker near
  Hurstons burial place.

  It read

• Zora Neale Hurston
• A Genius of the South
• sic
• Novelist, Folklorist
• Anthropologist

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Her Works

• Jonahs Gourd Vine ()
• Mules and Men ()
• Their Eyes Were Watching God ()
• Tell My Horse ()
• Moses, Man of the Mountain ()
• Dust Tracks of a Road ()
• Seraph on the Suwanee ()
• I Love Myself When I Am Laughingand Then Again
  When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive A Zora
  Neale Hurston Reader ()
• The Sanctified Church The Folklore Writings of
  Zora Neale Hurston ()
• Spunk The Selected Stories of Zora Neale Hurston
  ()
• Mule Bone A Comedy of Negro Life ()

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