In Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, included historic messages that she lived through. Zora was born in Florida in 1891 and was a daughter of two former slaves. Her dad became a pastor for their local church. In the 1920s, Zora found herself in Harlem, New York, where her art became successful. Harlem was also a great place for social gatherings for black people. It was a different scene than what she was used to because she was allowed to be creative and they looked up to her. After a while in Harlem, she went to school for anthropology and recorded cultural history. Hurston was a black female therefore she struggled with criticism about her works of art even though she was great in her work. Throughout her years,
