Zora Neale Hurston Flashcards
Her mother died at age ___ and subsequently, Zora was on her own when she was ___ years old
13
14
Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, _____, in _______ raised in the all black town of _______
1891
Notasulga, Alabama
Eatonville, Florida
In ____, she turned up in _______; by then, she was ___ years old and still hadn’t finished high school.
1917
Baltimore
26
Needing to present herself as a ______ to qualify for free public schooling, she lopped ___ years off her life
Teenager
10
Zora also had a fiery ______, an infectious sense of ______, and “the gift”, as one friend put it, _________
Intellect
Humor
“of walking into hearts.”
Zora used these talents – and dozens more – to elbow her way into the ___________, befriending such luminaries as poet ___________ and popular singer/actress _________
Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s
Langston Hughes
Ethel Waters
Hurston graduated from _________ in _____
Barnard College
1928
By _____, Hurston had published several short stories and articles, as well as a novel ____________ and a well-received collection of black Southern folklore ___________
1935
Jonah’s Gourd Vine
Mules and Men
But the late ____ and early ____ marked the real zenith of her career
30’s
40’s
She published her masterwork, _______________, in ____
Their Eyes Were Watching God
1937
When her autobiography, ____________, was published in _____, Hurston finally received the well-earned acclaim that had long eluded her.
Dust Tracks on a Road
1942
In _____, she was profiled in Who’s Who in America, Current Biography and Twentieth Century Authors
1942
Hurston never received the financial rewards she deserved. (The largest royalty she ever earned from any of her books was ______)
$943.75
She died on January 28, _____ – at age ___, after suffering a ______
1960
69
Stroke
Her neighbors in ____________, had to take up a collection for her February 7 funeral
Fort Pierce, Florida
