Common Developing TV Series From Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Barracoon’
Common will produce a limited series TV adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s New York Times best-selling novel Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black ...
Books
Survivor of the Last Slave Ship Spoke to Zora Neale Hurston in 1930, Interview Finally Revealed
Sixty years after slavery was abolished, author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston found the last surviving prisoner of the last slave ship that ...
Food
Carla Hall Reinvents a Zora Neale Hurston-Themed Restaurant
In 2009, Andy Shallal hosted a Top Chef-like contest to hire a person to lead the kitchen at Eatonville, a planned Southern-themed restaurant ...
Books
Celebrate 25 years of Zora! Festivals [PHOTOS]
The ambassador to Morocco, a Florida congresswoman, two mayors, an Emmy-award winning actress, and a Tony-nominated Broadway star were among the prestigious in ...
Black History
25 Years Strong: The ZORA! Festival
Their Eyes Were Watching God is the most notably recognized literary offering of iconic novelist, anthropologist, and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston─an African-American humanitarian ...
Betting on Black Communities
Writer, womanist and often-times agitator Zora Neale Hurston once wrote to her brilliant brother-in-words Countee Cullen the following: “Personally, I have no desire ...
Celebrities & Notables
Zora’s Hood: Stuff You Didn’t Know About Eatonville
The first time I heard about Eatonville, I was deep into reading Zora Neale Hurston’s classic novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Like feisty ...
Black History
[UNSUNG HEROES]Wallace Thurmond, Writer
Wallace Thurman is revered as one of the most significant writers during the Harlem Renaissance, though he is often forgotten amongst the more ...
Black History
BLACK HISTORY:10 Writers Everyone Must Read
Over the 400-year course of African-American history, there have been many inspirational, irreplaceable voices speaking to the hearts and minds of our people ...
Lifestyle
‘Queens,’ ‘Ladies’ and the Problem In Between
I was raised by 'good women' to be a 'good girl,' was constantly scolded to behave 'properly,' and I obliged. As my body ...
