https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2019-01-08 20:12:59 UTC 2026-01-24 08:23:10 UTC hello@padlet.com rs22523 https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep/wish/318552708 in 1918 zora joined howard university where she became one of the first initiates of zeta phi beta sorority.]]> 2019-01-08 20:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep/wish/318552708 rs22523 https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep/wish/318555505 zora was one of the many that had made a way for african americans in art.]]> 2019-01-08 20:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep/wish/318555505 rs22523 https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep/wish/318559928 on the 15 of january she will be 128 years old.]]> 2019-01-08 20:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep/wish/318559928 rs22523 https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep/wish/318598930 In 1950, black children and their parents had few options when it came to dolls: their choices included white dolls or ones that had racist features. So when Sara Lee Creech, a friend of Hurston's, wanted to create a better black doll, Hurston was pleased to work on the project]]> 2019-01-08 22:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep/wish/318598930 rs22523 https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep/wish/318599265 During Hurston's lifetime, Hollywood studios considered turning several of her books into films. Hurston particularly hoped that her last novel, Seraph on the Suwanee (1948), would be acquired by a studio; Warner Bros.]]> 2019-01-08 22:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep/wish/318599265 rs22523 https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep/wish/318599619 As an anthropologist, Hurston was interested collecting information about African-American life. One area of investigation was hoodoo (which is basically an American version of voodoo). But to learn about hoodoo Hurston needed to gain the trust of its practitioners, which meant participating in both initiation rites and magical ceremonies herself.]]> 2019-01-08 22:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep/wish/318599619 rs22523 https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep/wish/318600105 In 1917, Hurston decided school couldn't wait any longer. She was in Maryland, where "colored youths" age 20 and under were eligible for free public school classes. The only problem was that Hurston had been born in 1891, which made her 26. But she came up with a solution: Hurston told people that she'd been born in 1901 instead. This allowed her to attend night school, the first step on a path that would take her to Howard University]]> 2019-01-08 22:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rs22523/bvcim0d9wfep/wish/318600105