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The food of famed folklorist Zora Neale Hurston
Eatonville was the first all-Black city to be incorporated into the state of Florida. It was where famed writer, folklorist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston was raised in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readEatonville was the first all-Black city to be incorporated into the state of Florida. It was where famed writer, folklorist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston was raised in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hurston’s characters are often the struggling poor, and food is prominent in her stories. In 2015, Good Food spoke to Frederick Douglass Opie about how Zora Neale Hurston used regional food in her work.
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Green Book guide, food as protest, Zora Neale Hurston- 0:00‘The Jemima Code’ reveals little-known culinary legacies of Black men and women
- 13:14‘The Green Book’ mapped safe spaces for Black travelers. This documentarian visited 5,000 of them
- 27:53The food of famed folklorist Zora Neale HurstonYou’re reading this
- 36:19Challenging the status quo of America’s agrarian identity
- 45:33Protesting through food and cooking
The full episode
3 of 5Green Book guide, food as protest, Zora Neale Hurston- 0:00‘The Jemima Code’ reveals little-known culinary legacies of Black men and women
- 13:14‘The Green Book’ mapped safe spaces for Black travelers. This documentarian visited 5,000 of them
- 27:53The food of famed folklorist Zora Neale HurstonYou’re reading this
- 36:19Challenging the status quo of America’s agrarian identity
- 45:33Protesting through food and cooking