Zora Neale Hurston

African-American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist known for her contributions to African-American literature, her portrayal of racial struggles in the American South, and works documenting her research on Haitian voodoo. Collected field recordings for the LOC in 1935. b. Jan. 7, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama d. Jan. 28, 1960 in Fort Pierce, Florida