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She was very politically outspoken and has been called "America's favorite black conservative."

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She lied about her age to go to school at Morgan State University in Maryland.

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She died do to a hypertensive heart disease.

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Zora Neale Hurston - American Folklorist | Biography

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Zora Neale Hurston Award: The award is given to an individual RUSA member who has demonstrated leadership in promoting African American literature.

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Hurston worked at a variety of jobs, from manicurist, to Fannie Hurst's secretary, to writer for Paramount and Warner Brothers Studios, to librarian at the Library of Congress, to drama coach at North Carolina College for Negroes.

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She was one of the founding members of Zeta Phi Beta, an international historically black sorority.

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She was falsely accused of raping a 10 year old boy.

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She attended Howard University and then Barnard College at Columbia University where she was the college's only black student.

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Hurston was asked to work on a project to create a black doll.

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After her death, to clear out the house, they burned the house down which included her writings and all belongings.