Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston was a folklorist and writer. She was part of the Harlem Renaissance, but she never quite fit into the "black writer" stereotype and was "too black" for white audiences, so her work fell into obscurity.

Alice Walker led a revival of Zora Neale Hurston popularity beginning in the 1970s, and Zora Neale Hurston is now considered among the classic American writers of the 20th century.