Zora Neal Hurston A Theatrical Biography

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11-13-16

A Happy Nod to the Queen of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s

by Bruce Chadwick

Her name was Zora Neale Hurston and she was one of the most talented African American writers in this country’s history.

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A Happy Nod to the Queen of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s

by Bruce Chadwick