1. Zora Neale Hurston
By: Kenzie Copeland

2. About Zora Neale Hurston
Born on January 7th, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama
At the age of 3 they moved to Eatonville, Florida
Sent to boarding school in Jacksonville- expelled
Worked as a maid as well as a singer in a traveling company.
1917 began attending Morgan Academy
In 1918 she began studying at Howard University
Left in 1924 and began Barnard College

3. Career Anthropologist Folklorist Novelist Produced Magazine Fire!!
Influential during the Harlem
Renaissance

4. Notable Works
Mules and Men (1935)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)

5. How It Feels To Be Colored Me (1928)
Autobiographical essay
“I have no separate feeling about being an American citizen and colored. I am merely a fragment of the Great Soul that surges within the boundaries. My country, right or wrong.
Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.”

6. Themes Within Her Writings
Racial Identity
Female Identity

7. References
"Zora Neale Hurston and the Harlem Renaissance: Searching for Identity @ Project Mosaic: Hurston." Zora Neale Hurston and the Harlem Renaissance: Searching for Project Mosaic: Hurston. N.p., 12 July Web. 12 Jan
"Zora Neale Hurston." Norton Anthology of African American Literature. 3rd ed. Vol. 1. S.l.: W W Norton, N. pag. Print.
"Zora Neale Hurston." The Official Website of. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Jan