Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama. Shortly after, her family moved to the town of Eatonville, the United States, first all black community. In Eatonville, Zora grew up free of racial tensions and prejudice. She grew up with the influence of Christianity since her father was a pastor.
When Zora turned 13, things seemed to take a turn for the worse when her mother dies in 1904. Zora's father remarried shortly after her mother's death. Zora didn't seem to like her step mother very much since she almost killer her in a fistfight.
Shortly after her father remarried, Zora began working at different jobs for the next 13 years. After 13 years, Zora made her way to Baltimore and she still hadn't finished high school. In order to qualify for free high school education, Zora Neale Hurston, who at the time was 26, had to fake her age. So she changed her birth year to 1901, which made her ten years younger. She would keep this secret her whole life.
After completing high school in Baltimore, Zora went on to attend Barnard Collage from 1925-1927. While she was there, Zora wrote several short stories and articles. Zora also met a man named Herbert Sheen and married him in 1927. Zora finished her time at Barnard College with a bachelor of the arts. Zora went on t divorce Sheen in 1931.
Zora Neale Hurston went on to write several more books, stories, and articles. She also married again to a man named Albert Prince III, but she also ended up divorcing him. Finally Zora Neale Hurston suffered a stroke early in 1959 and was forced to live at the St. Lucie Welfare Home. Zora would eventually die there about a year later in 1960 of hypertensive disease.
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