https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj "A Genius of the South" en-us 2018-02-20 20:15:57 UTC 2018-02-22 02:32:43 UTC hello@padlet.com s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233503878 Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama. Her childhood in the South as the daughter of two former slaves set the stage for her influential writings and works. ]]> 2018-02-20 20:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233503878 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233849953 2018-02-21 16:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233849953 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233857180 2018-02-21 17:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233857180 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233857529 2018-02-21 17:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233857529 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233871810 Here we find real life sources and interviews of people of Eatonville and their descriptions of how Hurston has impacted the community. ]]> 2018-02-21 17:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233871810 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233873998 2018-02-21 17:34:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233873998 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233881947 Hurston began to find her way into the renaissance. She became an influential woman in a predominately male society, opening the way for other women to step forward.]]> 2018-02-21 17:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233881947 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233892895 2018-02-21 18:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233892895 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233894082 After travelling to Haiti, Hurston became inspired to write this piece of work. it was unpopular for the fact that it did not speak of race issues themselves; Hurston combated this with her forward thinking ideas of seeing people as individuals and not by their race. This distanced her from many of her time.

]]> 2018-02-21 18:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233894082 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233899072 2018-02-21 18:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233899072 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233900121 This video allows for an overview of her life while also giving a glimpse of her works and relationships during the time of the Harlem Renaissance]]> 2018-02-21 18:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/233900121 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/234053458 Zora Neale Hurston is a figure who rose to fame posthumously. She was never able to see her impact on history, but it was felt nonetheless. ]]> 2018-02-22 01:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/234053458 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/234056772 2018-02-22 01:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/234056772 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/234056971 2018-02-22 01:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/234056971 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/234059308 2018-02-22 02:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/234059308 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/234060075 Hurston became known for many things, both good and bad depending on the time period you were asking; but, throughout all of this, she still perservered to be a leading African-American woman in a time that was in dire need of a figure like her. One could wonder if the African-American literary movement would have ever taken off without the influence of Zora Neale Hurston. At the center of all this was a strong, opinionated woman who was not afraid to state her beliefs which allowed for her works to truly become that of an American legacy. ]]> 2018-02-22 02:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/234060075 s3368 https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/234061710 2018-02-22 02:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s3368/4yig9cd0kpqj/wish/234061710