Zora Neale Hurston, the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God was a moderately successful African American woman of the Harlem Renaissance. She wrote many other novels as well as this one. She also went to many schools including: Barnard College, Morgan Academy, Colombia, and Howard Prep. Most of her works were lost in the 40's, but were brought back in the 70's by Alice Walker. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a great informative and recreational story. it tells the tale of American hardships that some people can't understand. Hurston expresses the troubles and successes of African Americans in the early times of U.S. history.
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