Summary
Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the most important authors of southern African-American literature in the 20th century. Hurston, born in 1891, grew up in Eatonville, Fla., just north of Orlando. The award-winning author, anthropologist and folklorist is said to have been an important part in the Harlem Renaissance, where a wave of black writers, artists and playwrights attracted a mainstream audience in the 1920s and 1930s.
Among several novels, short stories and plays, Hurston's most recognized work is Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), which in 2005 was turned into a television movie starring Halle Berry and Ruby Dee. Since 1988, Eatonville has hosted a festival named after Hurston th...
Among several novels, short stories and plays, Hurston's most recognized work is Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), which in 2005 was turned into a television movie starring Halle Berry and Ruby Dee. Since 1988, Eatonville has hosted a festival named after Hurston th...
Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the most important authors of southern African-American literature in the 20th century. Hurston, born in 1891, grew up in Eatonville, Fla., just north of Orlando. The award-winning author, anthropologist and folklorist is said to have been an important part in the Harlem Renaissance, where a wave of black writers, artists and playwrights attracted a mainstream audience in the 1920s and 1930s.
Among several novels, short stories and plays, Hurston's most recognized work is Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), which in 2005 was turned into a television movie starring Halle Berry and Ruby Dee. Since 1988, Eatonville has hosted a festival named after Hurston that celebrates black heritage and the arts. Hurston died in 1960.
Among several novels, short stories and plays, Hurston's most recognized work is Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), which in 2005 was turned into a television movie starring Halle Berry and Ruby Dee. Since 1988, Eatonville has hosted a festival named after Hurston that celebrates black heritage and the arts. Hurston died in 1960.
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'Visual anthropologist' visits Eatonville to help record a worldwide conversation
Sentinel Staff WriterLast stop, Eatonville. Next stop, Iceland. They are about as disparate as two points on Earth can be. Philadelphia-area artist Lonnie Graham has spent the past 20 years hopping the globe with a black and white Polaroid camera and a small tape recorder in...Tags: Anthropology, Photography, Eatonville
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Forum Publishing GroupApparently, July is American Heritage Month. Our national impulse to leave no month unthemed persists. But I have to assume July is an easy month to theme considering the national holiday contained within it. So, Independence Day turns July into...Tags: Consumer Electronics Industry, American Revolutionary War, Abraham Lincoln, People, Culture
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'Living legend' shares tales of friend, author Hurston
Sentinel Staff WriterThe scene looks like the most pleasant classroom you can image, with a big window overlooking Lake Virginia on the Rollins College campus, all clipped green lawns and Mediterranean charm. But the man talking in quiet Southern-accented tones to the...Tags: Cultural Development, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Culture, Oprah Winfrey, Eatonville
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For some, too many rough edges have been buffed off trendy Delray Beach
South Florida Sun-SentinelEric Gruber and friends are chatting outside Coffee District, a trendy spot offering not only lots of fancy coffees but 80 kinds of beers. It's open-mike night, and Gruber and other poetry-and-music hopefuls are waiting, talking, sipping, arguing. Says...Tags: Cultural Development, Culture, Society, Government, Rooms and Sublets
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Couple aims to preserve African-American narrative
Arts WriterIn an election year in which politics and race have progressively become entwined, a photograph of the country's first black senator resonates with the notion that history is an ongoing affair. Hiram Rhoades Revels (ca. 1870) is a sepia-toned portrait of...Tags: History, Martin Luther King Jr., Beach Vacations, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Wars and Interventions
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Exploring Florida Writers' Project of the 1930s
Orlando SentinelThe scene looks like the most pleasant classroom you can image, with a big window overlooking Lake Virginia on the Rollins College campus, all clipped green lawns and Mediterranean charm. But the man talking in quiet Southern-accented tones to the...Tags: Tribune Company, Alice Walker, Cultural Development, Halle Berry, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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Eatonville budget, taxes an oasis of tranquillity in Florida's tax cuts
Sentinel Staff WriterThis town may be one of the only places not reeling from state-ordered property tax cuts. The town is so small -- population: 2,500 -- that the property-tax exemption barely puts a dent in the proposed budget, Mayor Anthony Grant recently told the...Tags: Orange County (Florida), Clubs and Associations, Budgets and Budgeting, State Budgets, Eatonville
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Anastasia State Recreation Area, St. Augustine
Thousands of years have washed over this slender sandbar of a barrier island called Anastasia. But only recently has man written his history on this coastline.
As you stand along the park's barren, wind-swept beach, squinting inland over light-washed...Tags: Robert Frost, Bodies of Water, Literature, History, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Upcoming events
ONGOING AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS EXHIBIT // The exhibit The Afro-American Newspapers: Celebrating 115 Years of Breaking News, Capturing History, Preserving Legacy runs through Feb. 29 at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Central Library, 400 Cathedral St....Tags: Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Mount Royal, Culture, History, Martin Luther King Jr.
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A number of black-authored books getting released again
The Hartford CourantTwo voices of black literature in America are being heard once more. Richard Wright, whose Native Son and Black Boy are 20th century classics, and Richard Bruce Nugent, one of the founders of the Harlem Renaissance literary movement, are each represented...Tags: Tribune Company, Murder, Literature, Minority Groups, Slavery
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