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BIRTHDATE: Jan. 7, 1891? EDUCATION: Graduated from Morgan Academy (high school division of Morgan College (now Morgan State University) in 1918. FAMILY BACKGROUND: Her father was a Baptist preacher, tenant farmer, and carpenter. At age three her family moved to Eatonville, Fla., the first incorporated black community in America, of which her father would become mayor. DESCRIPTION OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS: A novelist, folklorist; also Zora was dicovered by her short stories. In the year 1937, Hurston's new book, //Their Eyes Were Watching God, was a huge hit.// Also her autobiography //Dust Tracks on a Road// was a commercial success in 1942. Hurston's literary influence faded./ She died in poverty and alone on Jan. 28, 1960