Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, 1891 in Eatonville, Florida. She was a writer, anthropologist studying at Howard university and a key figure during the Harlem renaissance. She studied black folklore in the south and Caribbean, and used her research to amplify the everyday voices of black communities. Through writing, Zora celebrated and amplified black lifes with real stories and portrayed their stories that were authentic. Her work explored identity, struggle and self diversity. Her novel "Their eyes were watching God" she used storytelling to reflect real emotions and growth for black women with the raw southern dialects even if it wasn't fully acceptable.
