Summary
"She could tell you to go to hell," an admirer says in PBS' irresistible new profile of Zora Neale Hurston, "and make you enjoy the trip."
As outrageously colorful and complex as the queen of the Harlem Renaissance herself, this "American Masters" portrait is also nicely timed for Milwaukee viewers: Earlier this year, the Milwaukee Public Library selected Hurston's 1937 novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," for its "Big Read" community book club.See the full content of this document
Extract
Television; Author Had Her Own Style
Raised in Eatonville, Fla., the nation's first all-black incorporated town, Hurston grew up blissfully innocent of racism. But poverty and the early loss of her mother bedeviled her; she dropped out of Howard University when she was unable to support herself.
Her drive and scholarly curiosity, however, meant she...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
