Zora Neale Hurston was born on this day in 1891. Her Wikipedia article sucinctly says she “was an American folklorist, and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Zora Neale Hurston on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.“
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