Zora Neale Hurston (1901-1960), writer, folklorist, and anthropologist, was the most noted black female writer of the mid-20th century. In addition to her four novels, two books of folklore, and an autobiography, Hurston wrote over 50 short stories and essays; her work, viewed by some as controversial, neither romanticized black folk life nor condemned it. Hurston lived in this little green house while working as a reporter and columnist for the Fort Pierce Chronicle in the final years of her life.

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