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Zora Neale Hurston on Zora Neale Hurston
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I was born at Eatonville, Florida (the first incorporated Negro town in America). My father, the Rev. John Hurston, was a Baptist preacher and carpenter. My mother, Lucy Hurston, sewed for the community. They both came from Alabama and had been in Eatonville three years when I was born.
Title: Zora Neale Hurston on Zora Neale Hurston
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I was born at Eatonville, Florida (the first incorporated Negro town in America).
My father, the Rev.
John Hurston, was a Baptist preacher and carpenter.
My mother, Lucy Hurston, sewed for the community.
They both came from Alabama and had been in Eatonville three years when I was born.
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