Zora Cross

American poet and suffragist

Zora Neale Hurston was an American anthropologist, novelist, and poet, best known for her novel 'Their Eyes Were Watching God', which is considered a classic of the Harlem Renaissance. She was a prominent figure in the African-American literary scene of the 20th century. Born in 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama, to a family of former slaves, Hurston was one of the first African-American women to earn a Ph.D. in anthropolo...