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The Life of Zora Neale Hurston

Jan 7,
Zora Neale Hurston Born
Zora Neale Hurston is born in Notasulga, Alabama.

She is the fifth of eight children born to John and Lucy Potts Hurston.

Move to Eatonville
The Hurston family moves to Eatonville, an incorporated, self-governed, all-African American town north of Orlando, Florida.

Incorporated in , it is the oldest such town in the United States.

Mother Dies
Hurston's mother Lucy Potts Hurston dies.

Zora neale hurston biography timeline maker

Soon after, her father marries Mattie Moge, a young woman only six years older than Zora. It is said that Hurston and her new stepmother bitterly dislike each other.

Twenty-something High-Schooler
After leaving home and school and working several odd jobs to support herself, Hurston moves to Baltimore, Maryland.

To qualify for a free high school education, year-old Hurston lies about her age, claiming her birth year as She maintains the falsehood until her death.

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