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Zora Neale Hurston: A Genius of the South

During her lifetime, Zora Neale Hurston published four novels; Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934), Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), Moses, Man of the Mountain (1939), Seraph on the Suwanee (1948) and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays. Her most popular novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, was written in rented a house in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in September 1936 and completed in seven weeks.

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Marian Anderson: An Easter Sunday Performance at Lincoln Memorial

Nationally, American contralto Marian Anderson broke barriers. Her first record featured spirituals “DeepRiver” and “My Way’s Cloudy.” She was the first African American to perform with the  New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera.  Despite, she was still subject to racial bias.

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