Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities | Eatonville, FL

Zora Neale Hurston (1901-1960), was born in Eatonville , Florida , the first incorporated black city in the United States . She was a noted novelist and folklorist who traveled throughout Florida collecting and writing stories of rural people. She was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920’s and was part of the Federal Writers’ Project in Florida in 1938. Her most prominent works include Mules and Men, Dust Tracks in the Road, and Their Eyes Were Watching God. Her work, revived by feminists in the 1970s, has gained her considerable recognition as one of the most important black writers in American history. Eatonville annually holds the Zora Neale Hurston Festival, a tribute to Hurston’s lasting literary accomplishments.     

Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities
Address: 227 E. Kennedy Blvd, Eatonville, FL 32751 USA
Phone: (407) 647-3307 or (407) 647-4436
Website: www.zoranealehurstonfestival.com.com
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