Collected Materials on the Zora Neale Hurston Festival 1990-2006

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Collected Materials on the Zora Neale Hurston Festival 1990-2006

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The collection contains documents related to the festival bearing the name of the late poet, writer, anthropologist, and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston. Since 1990, the Zora Neale Hurston Festival has attracted individuals from across the country in academic and artistic disciplines wishing to celebrate Zora Neale Hurston and African American culture as a whole. The following folders contain the programs from festival years 1990-1994 and 1999-2001. In addition to its annual festival, the Association to Preserve Eatonville, Inc. has expanded its focus and community activities to inform and celebrate the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston and Eatonville.

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Hurston, Zora Neale, 1891-1960

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Zora Neale Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, and essays. Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama, and moved with her family to Eatonville, Florida, in 1894. She later used Eatonville as the setting for many of her stories. It is n...

These papers were collected by University of Central Florida Special Collections and University Archives

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Eatonville, Florida is generally considered the first African American township in the United States. It is the birthplace and childhood home of writer, anthropologist, and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston. For these reasons, the annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities is held in Eatonville. Sponsored by the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (P.E.C.), there are two primary goals of the festival: to perpetuate the memory and lasting recognition...