Scholars: Remember. You MUST print out your paper ahead of time. Papers printed out on the day the assignment is due (May 1) will not be accepted. Plan ahead! Printing out papers on the due date adds to confusion and delays the class lesson. I want to instill in you the importance of planning, meeting deadlines, and not impeding the learning of others by causing delays in the workshop. You can do it! You are great students. Always be your best.
Zora Neale Hurston, an important voice of the Harlem Renaissance, was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and novelist best known for her work, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Sadly, she died in 1960 after suffering financial and medical difficulties. In 1973, Alice Walker, another famous American writer, "rediscovered" Hurston and promoted her body of work. In the classic essay, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me," Hurston explores the idea that all of us have multiple selves, depending upon the context and environments in which we find ourselves. Hurston's writing has an ebullience, self-assertiveness, and pride that is particularly evident in this text. She was a flamboyant and dramatic personality, at times clashing with fellow writers from the Harlem Renaissance, who believed that black Americans should use their art to speak out against racial oppression and the white majority. Hurston chose not to align herself with the political ideologies of ot...