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Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space

Season 35 Episode 2

The influential author and anthropologist whose work reclaimed and honored Black life.

Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Also a trained anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston collected folklore throughout the South and Caribbean — reclaiming, honoring and celebrating Black life on its own terms.

AIR DATE 1/17/23

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