... the few women who are remembered for their part in the advancement of African American Literature during the Harlem Renaissance is the author/anthropologist Zora Neal Hurston. Hurston is one of few African American women recognized for their work during the 20th century and she is one of the greatest writers/anthropologists during the Harlem Renaissance and beyond. Hurston is mostly known for her book Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937 ... , but her first work was her 1934 publication of Jonah's Gourd Vine, and she published two more works before the release of her most famo...

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