Zora Neale Hurston is born in Notasulga, Alabama, the fifth of eight children.
On January 7, 1891, Zora Neale Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama. She was the fifth of eight children, born to John and Lucy Potts Hurston. Her birth in the South during a time of racial segregation would shape her understanding of race and culture, elements that prominently featured in her later work. Despite claiming a different birth year and place in public, archival research confirms this date and location. Hurston's early life in Alabama and later relocation to Eatonville, Florida, where she experienced a vibrant all-Black community, deeply influenced her world view.
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