Zora Neale Hurston

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1. Official Site: Zora Neale Hurston  
2. Wikipedia: Zora Neale Hurston
3. Yale University: Zora Neale Hurston Collection
4. S & F Online: Zora Neale Hurston from the Barnard Archives
5. The Florida Memory Project: Zora Neal Hurston Audio Recordings
6. Library of Congress: The Zora Neale Hurston Plays
7. The Big Read: Their Eyes Were Watching God: About the Author  

Free Zora Neale Hurston Works Online

• Project Gutenberg: Zora Neale Hurston Works
• The Florida Memory Project: Zora Neale Hurston on the Turpentine Camps
• The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress
• Kingswood College Library: A Reading from Their Eyes Were Watching God 

Zora Neale Hurston News and Articles

• Google News Search: Zora Neale Hurston
• The New York Times: Articles about Zora Neale Hurston
• Topix: Zora Neale Hurston News

Zora Neale Hurston Background and Profiles

• Library of Congress: Today in History: January 7  
• PBS: The American Novel: Zora Neale Hurston
• The History of Jim Crow: Hurston, Zora Neale
• Howard University: Zora Neale Hurston: 1891 - 1960
• National Women's Hall of Fame: Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston Quotes

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Zora Neale Hurston Study Guides and Literary Criticism

• eNotes: Zora Neal Hurston Search  
• SparkNotes: Zora Neale Hurston Search
• Gale: Free Zora Neale Hurston Study Resources
• The Zora Neale Hurston Digital Archive: Contemporary Reviews
• WomenWriters.net: A Rocky Road to Posterity: The Publication of Zora Neale Hurston (2000)
• S&F Online: Jumpin' at the Sun: Reassessing the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston (2005)

Zora Neal Hurston Foundations, Museums, and Scholarships

• Association to Preserve Eatonville, Inc.: Zora Neale Hurston  
• Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts
• Naropa University: Zora Neale Hurston Award
• Zora Neale Hurston Trust
• The Hurston/Wright Foundation

Zora Neale Hurston Books and Merchandise

• Amazon.com: Zora Neale Hurston Books
• Barnes & Noble.com: Hurston Zora Neale Books
• Library of America: Novels & Stories of Zora Neale Hurston
• Textbookx.com: Zora Neale Hurston Books
• CafePress.com: Zora Neale Hurston T-Shirts and Gifts
• Powell's Books: Zora Neale Hurston Books

Zora Neale Hurston Images and Videos

• Google Image Search: Zora Neale Hurston
• Live Search Images: Zora Neale Hurston
• Library of Congress: Literature to Life: Zora! Webcast (Time: 21:00)  
• YouTube: Alice Walker On Zora Neale Hurston Part 1 (Time: 07:39)
• YouTube: Alice Walker on Zora Neale Hurston Part 2 (Time: 05:21)
• YouTube & Google Video: Zora Neale Hurston Search

Zora Neale Hurston Fan Sites, Blogs and Message Boards

• Zora Neale Hurston: I Am Zora
• Google Blog Search: Zora Neale Hurston
• WordPress.com: Blogs about: Big Read Their Eyes Were Watching God
• Columbia: The Wonderful Zora Neale Hurston--A Great Lady
• Zora Bulletin Board 3.0: Fan Forum

Zora Neale Hurston Personal Timeline

• American Memory: The Zora Neale Hurston Chronology  
• January 07, 1891: Zora Neale Hurston Born  
• 1904: Zora's mother, Lucy Potts Hurston, dies; Hurston is forced to leave home and fend for self
• 1916: Maid/wardrobe girl for Gilbert and Sullivan Theater troupe
• 1917: Enrolls Morgan Academy (later Morgan State University)
• 1918: Graduates Morgan Academy and Enrolls Howard University
• 1920: Joins Zeta Phi Beta Sorority | Receives Associates Degree
• 1925: Scholarship to attend Barnard College
• 1927: Marries Herbert Sheen
• 1928: Divorces Herbert Sheen
• 1935: Works for Work Projects Administration as Folklorist
• 1936: Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
• 1938: Works for Federal Writers' Project in Florida
• 1939: Marries Albert Price III
• 1941: Works as consultant for Paramount Pictures
• 1943: Divorces Albert Price III
• 1944: Marries and divorces James Howell Pitts
• 1948: Sexual molestation charges brought against her
• 1949: Acquitted of false molestation charges
• 1952: Works on Ruby McCollum murder case for Pittsburgh Courier
• 1955: Shunned by peers when she speaks out against desegregating schools
• 1959: Suffers strokes, moves to St. Lucia Welfare home in Florida
• January 28, 1960: Dies

Zora Neale Hurston Publications Timeline

• 1934: Jonah’s Gourd Vine
• 1935: Mules and Men
• 1937: Their Eyes Were Watching God
• 1938: Tell My Horse : Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
• 1939: Moses Man of the Mountain
• 1948: Seraph on the Suwanee

Notable Zora Neale Hurston Adaptations

• 2001: The Gilded Six Bits (Short)
• 2005: Their Eyes Were Watching God (TV)