Zora Neale Hurston, a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, studied anthropology at Barnard College with Franz Boas and made several trips to the American South and Caribbean to document rural Black people's lives and collect their stories.
American Experience
The groundbreaking research of a pioneering writer has had a lasting impact on 19th-century academia, revolutionizing views on race, gender, and social hierarchy and continuing to shape our understanding of these complex topics to this day.
