Zora Neale Hurston

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Born	January 7, 1891 • Alabama
Died	January 28, 1960 (aged 69) • Fort Pierce • Florida
Notable Works	“Dust Tracks on a Road” • “Every Tongue Got to Confess” • “Jonah’s Gourd Vine” • “Moses, Man of the Mountain” • “Mule Bone” • “Mules and Men” • “Spunk: The Selected Stories” • “Tell My Horse” • “Their Eyes Were Watching God”
Movement / Style	Harlem Renaissance
Subjects Of Study	African American • folklore

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