Early Career...
- Zora Neale Hurston was born January 7th, 1891-January 28th, 1960
- In 1928 she wrote "How it feels to be colored me".
- She graduated from Morgan Academy in 19 and began undergraduate studies at Howard University
- In 1925 she a piece she wrote called "spunk" was published in an african american literary magazine.
Famous Readings...
- 1926, "sweat" (Novel)
- 1935, "Mules and men" (Literary anthropology documenting an african american Folklore)
- 1937, "Thier eyes were watching God" (Novel)1937, "Tell my horse" (About her research in Haiti and Jamaica)
- 1939, "Moses, man of the mountain" (Novel)
- 1942, "Dust tracks on a road" (Novel)
Awards...
- Rosenwald Foundation Fellowship Aawrd (1935)
- Guggenhiem Fellowship (1936)
- Honorary Docterate, Morgan State College (1939)
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (1943)
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Howard University (1943)
- Education and Human Relations Award, Bethune-Bookman College (1956)
