THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Hurston was the only female owner of a speakeasy during the era
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Hurston was an activist who targeted KKK members and bombed their headquarters
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Zora Neale Hurston was a female African American author who wrote about life as a black woman in the South.
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Zora Neale Hurston wrote a series of exposé articles about lynchings in the South
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Detailed explanation-1: -Zora Hurston was a world-renowned writer and anthropologist. Hurston’s novels, short stories, and plays often depicted African American life in the South. Her work in anthropology examined black folklore.
Detailed explanation-2: -Moses, Man of the Mountain In this 1939 novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith.
Detailed explanation-3: -The stories tell about faith, love, family, slavery, race and community. They also include humor. Hurston was well known for her writing. She also became known for her outspoken opinions, her clothing and the great pride she had in herself and her race.
Detailed explanation-4: -A major figure of New York’s Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, Hurston’s writing influenced generations of black writers, including such distinguished, latter-day figures as Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and Gayl Jones.