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How It Feels to be Colored Me

How It Feels to be Colored Me

by Zora Neale Hurston
How It Feels to be Colored Me
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How It Feels to be Colored Me

How It Feels to be Colored Me

by Zora Neale Hurston

Overview

The acclaimed author of Their Eyes Were Watching God relates her experiences as an African American woman in early-twentieth-century America.

In this autobiographical essay, author Zora Neale Hurston recounts episodes from her childhood in different communities in Florida: Eatonville and Jacksonville. She reflects on what those experiences showed her about race, identity, and feeling different.

“How It Feels to Be Colored Me” was originally published in 1928 in the magazine The World Tomorrow.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781504081474
Publisher: Open Road Media
Publication date: 01/01/2024
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 4
Sales rank: 425,251
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

About The Author
Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She also wrote more than fifty short stories, plays, and essays.

Date of Birth:

January 7, 1891

Date of Death:

January 28, 1960

Place of Birth:

Eatonville, Florida

Place of Death:

Fort Pierce, Florida

Education:

B.A., Barnard College, 1928 (the school's first black graduate). Went on to study anthropology at Columbia University.
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