ALICE WALKER ON ZORA NEALE HURSTON PART II

Hurston died penniless and was buried in an unmarked grave. These videos are a bit slow paced, but I find the story of Hurston's life fascinating. Hurston was accused of molesting a 10 year old boy and this ruined her reputation. This along with criticism from African-Americans that her work was not hard enough on white people, as well as her severed relationship with Langston Hughes over the play MULE-BONE make her, in my opinion, a significant writer in African-American literature. Walker is responsible for bringing THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD back into print.