Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe also know by her nickname Georgie had passed away in Hartford, CT. She was 85 years old, and her body is buried at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, under the epitaph “Her Children Rise up and Call Her Blessed. “ She passed away peacefully. In addition, she was born on June 14, 1811 in Litchfield CT.
Zora Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama on January 7th, 1891. She was born into a big family of seven other children and their parents. She did not have time to make memories in her birth place because when she
Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama. She was the fifth of eight children to John and Lucy Ann Hurston. Her father was a preacher and her mother was a schoolteacher. When she was 3, her family moved to Eatonville, Florida, one of the few all-black towns in the United States at the time. In 1918, Hurston began her college education at Howard University.
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher, a major abolitionist supporter and activist, was born June 14 of 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut. Her father raised her and her thirteen siblings, because her mother had died when Harriet was young. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher later became Harriet Beecher Stowe, and she was best known for her antislavery novels. Her most ambitious and best-known novel is Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a narrative of a fictional slave who is forced to work relentlessly, even in the face of tragedy. This book stirred up a lot of controversy regarding the slaves, which ultimately led to the Civil War.
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on April 25th, 1917 in Newport News,
Sarah Joseph Ms. Hoag U. S. History 4 16 December 2014 Zora Neale Hurston During the Roaring 1920’s in the United States, Black writers, such as Zora Neale Hurston, began to emerge. Zora Neale Hurston was raised in an all Black community in Eatonville, Florida where she had lived a content life up until her mother passed away.
Zora Neale Hurston was born January 7, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama. Her mother died when she was 9 years old and her father remarried soon after her mother’s death which resulted in her being passed from relative to relative and would work as their nanny or housekeeper. Zora attended Columbia University and was an anthropologist and novelist, she was also a leader in the Harlem Renaissance. Zora Neale Hurston wrote 4 novels and had many short stories published and was well known for her piece Their Eyes Were Watching God. Zora passed away on January 28, 1960 in Pierce, Florida due to a stroke because of her hypertensive heart disease.
