I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.
— Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston, well known anthropologist, filmmaker, and author who in her works portrayed the racial struggles of the South in the early 1900’s. Some of the folklore stories she collected have been adapted into children’s books opens in a new tab. She is also author of the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937.
