American Experience, Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 9 PM
Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 2 AM

FUSION (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2):

Sunday, Jan. 22, at 3 PM

This new in-depth biography of influential author Zora Neale Hurston documents her groundbreaking anthropological work that would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century. 

The influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance collected folklore throughout the South and Caribbean—reclaiming, honoring and celebrating Black life on its own terms.