ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE | Chapter One | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS

Watch the opening scenes of the new AMERICAN EXPERIENCE biography ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE, premiering Tuesday, January 17 on PBS and the PBS Video app.
Zora Neale Hurston has long been considered a literary giant of the Harlem Renaissance, but her anthropological and ethnographic endeavors were equally important and impactful.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE is an in-depth biography of the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century.

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I've been channeling Zora's spirit for 30 years. She and I have the same birthday, Jan 7th and we even favor one another. We also share the fact, that we're both artist, with a deep love for our people, culture and history. May God rest her amazingly spirited soul! I Love Zora!

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Thank you so much for this! As I work tonight with a group of women to read her works and journal inspired by her words and her fierceness, this is our opening viewing.

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She made my life richer and opened my eyes even more. What a wonderful book Their Eyes Were Watching God.

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So grateful for this gift & opportunity to connect deeper this Beloved AnSistar!

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So so cool! Zora is one of the most eclectic people I've ever learned about! I love what she represents.

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Thurston is an icon in African American history. A little known figure, perhaps even unknown by most, including blacks. I learned about her when I read the book "Gods of The Upper Air" by Charles King which is the history of the development of the study of anthropology in the United States. The book dedicates a large portion of its content to Thurston. One observation, too bad we are unable to learn the identity of the narrators. They did a magnificent job!

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What a fantastic woman!!!♥️ Wish I would have known her.🕊🙏✝️💕🙋‍♀️🌹

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