Editing Zora Neale Hurston (section)

===Posthumous recognition===
* Zora Neale Hurston's hometown of [[Eatonville, Florida]], celebrates her life annually in Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoranealehurstonfestival.com/|title=Zora Neale Hurston Festival – Festival of Arts and Humanities|access-date=May 8, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528160020/http://www.zoranealehurstonfestival.com/|archive-date=May 28, 2007|url-status=usurped}}</ref> It is home to the [[Zora Neale Hurston Museum of Fine Arts]], and a library named for her opened in January 2004.
* The [[Zora Neale Hurston House]] in Fort Pierce has been designated as a [[National Historic Landmark]]. The city celebrates Hurston annually through various events such as ''Hattitudes'', birthday parties, and the several-day event at the end of April known as Zora! Festival.<ref name="zfh" /><ref name=nyt-forgotten-florida>{{cite news|last1=Graham|first1=Adam|title=Forgotten Florida, Through a Writer's Eyes|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/travel/04culture.html|access-date=June 14, 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206074537/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/travel/04culture.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|archive-date=December 6, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Author [[Alice Walker]] sought to identify Hurston's unmarked grave in 1973. She installed a grave marker inscribed with "A Genius of the South".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urchinmovement.com/2013/02/05/a-headstone-for-an-aunt-how-alice-walker-found-zora-neale-hurston/  | first=Geo | last=Ong | date=February 5, 2013|title=A Headstone for an Aunt: How Alice Walker Found Zora Neale Hurston|website=urchinmovement.com|access-date=May 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508053739/http://www.urchinmovement.com/2013/02/05/a-headstone-for-an-aunt-how-alice-walker-found-zora-neale-hurston/|archive-date=May 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=lucie-grave>{{cite web|title=Zora Dust Tracks Heritage Marker 4|url=http://www.stlucieco.gov/zora/zora_marker_4.htm|website=Dust Tracks Heritage Trail|publisher=St. Lucie County Online|access-date=June 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802231206/http://stlucieco.gov/zora/zora_marker_4.htm|archive-date=August 2, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=grosvenor-npr>{{cite news|last1=Grosvenor|first1=Vertamae|title=Intersections: Crafting a Voice for Black Culture|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1849395|access-date=June 14, 2014|work=National Public Radio|date=April 26, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504090401/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1849395|archive-date=May 4, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Alice Walker]] published "In Search of Zora Neale Hurston" in the March 1975 issue of ''[[Ms. (magazine)|Ms.]]'' magazine, reviving interest in Hurston's work.<ref name="barnard-news">{{cite web|title=Archaeology of a Classic: Celebrating Zora Neale Hurston '28|url=http://barnard.edu/news/archaeology-classic-celebrating-zora-neale-hurston-28|website=News & Events|publisher=Barnard College|access-date=June 14, 2014|date=December 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715001314/http://barnard.edu/news/archaeology-classic-celebrating-zora-neale-hurston-28|archive-date=July 15, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/powerprose/hurston/  | first=Christa Smith | last=Anderson|title=Power of Prose – Hurston|website=pbs.org|access-date=June 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001161135/http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/powerprose/hurston/|archive-date=October 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 1991, ''[[Mule Bone|Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life]]'', a 1930 play by [[Langston Hughes]] and Hurston, was first staged; it was staged in New York City by the [[Lincoln Center Theater]].
* In 1994, Hurston was inducted into the [[National Women's Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/zora-neale-hurston/ |website=National Women's Hall of Fame |title=Zora Neale Hurston |access-date=November 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121072749/https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/zora-neale-hurston/ |archive-date=November 21, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2002, scholar [[Molefi Kete Asante]] listed Zora Neale Hurston on his list of [[100 Greatest African Americans]].<ref>Asante, Molefi Kete (2002). ''100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia''. Amherst, New York. [[Prometheus Books]]. {{ISBN|1-57392-963-8}}.</ref>
* [[Barnard College]] dedicated its 2003 [[Virginia Gildersleeve|Virginia C. Gildersleeve]] Conference to Hurston. '' 'Jumpin' at the Sun': Reassessing the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston'' focused on her work and influence.<ref name=barnard-gildersleeve-archive>{{cite news|title=Conference Celebrates Legacy of Zora Neale Hurston|url=http://www.barnard.edu/newnews/news101003.html|access-date=June 14, 2014|work=Barnard News Center|publisher=Barnard College|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040604070224/http://www.barnard.edu/newnews/news101003.html | first=Jo | last=Kadlecek|archive-date=June 4, 2004 }}</ref> Alice Walker's Gildersleeve lecture detailed her work on discovering and publicizing Hurston's legacy.<ref name=gildersleeve-video>{{cite web|last1=Walker|first1=Alice|title=Finding a World that I Thought Was Lost: Zora Neale Hurston and the People She Looked at Very Hard and Loved Very Much|url=http://sfonline.barnard.edu/hurston/walker_01.htm|website=S&F Online|publisher=Barnard College|access-date=July 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008221809/http://sfonline.barnard.edu/hurston/walker_01.htm|archive-date=October 8, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The Zora Neale Hurston Award was established in 2008; it is awarded to an [[American Library Association]] member who has "demonstrated leadership in promoting African American literature".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/znh |title=The Zora Neale Hurston Award |publisher=American Library Association |access-date=July 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820113753/http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/znh |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Hurston was inducted as a member of the inaugural class of the [[New York Writers Hall of Fame]] in 2010.
* The novel ''Harlem Mosaics'' (2012) by Whit Frazier depicts the friendship between [[Langston Hughes]] and Hurston and tells the story of how their friendship fell apart during their collaboration on the 1930 play ''[[Mule Bone|Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life]]''.<ref name="Publishers Weekly"/>
* On January 7, 2014, the 123rd anniversary of Hurston's birthday was commemorated by a [[Google Doodle]].<ref>Anika Myers Palm (January 7, 2014). [http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/blogs/gone-viral/os-google-doodle-honors-hurston-20140107,0,351684.post "Google doodle honors Eatonville's Zora Neale Hurston"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107153239/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/blogs/gone-viral/os-google-doodle-honors-hurston-20140107,0,351684.post |date=January 7, 2014 }}. ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''. Retrieved January 7, 2014.</ref><ref name="CNET-Hurston">{{cite web |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/google-bestows-author-zora-neale-hurston-her-own-doodle/ |title=Google bestows author Zora Neale Hurston her own doodle |last1=Kerr |first1=Dara |date=January 7, 2014 |website=CNET |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=December 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204143722/https://www.cnet.com/news/google-bestows-author-zora-neale-hurston-her-own-doodle/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* She was one of twelve inaugural inductees to the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame on June 8, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rick Bragg, Harper Lee will be among Alabama Writers' Forum's inductees|url=https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20150525/News/605152280|last=Cobb|first=Mark Hughes|date=May 25, 2015|website=Tuscaloosa News|language=en|access-date=2020-05-10}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* An excerpt from her autobiography ''[[Dust Tracks on a Road]]'' was recited in the documentary film ''August 28: A Day in the Life of a People'', directed by [[Ava DuVernay]], which debuted at the opening of the Smithsonian's [[National Museum of African American History and Culture]] in 2016.<ref name=Essence-NMAAHC-2016>{{cite news|last1=Davis|first1=Rachaell|title=Why Is August 28 So Special To Black People? Ava DuVernay Reveals All In New NMAAHC Film|url=http://www.essence.com/2016/09/22/ava-duvernay-premiere-nmaahc|work=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]|date=September 22, 2016|access-date=August 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716082304/https://www.essence.com/2016/09/22/ava-duvernay-premiere-nmaahc|archive-date=July 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="smithsonianmag2017">{{cite magazine |last1=Keyes |first1=Allison |title=In This Quiet Space for Contemplation, a Fountain Rains Down Calming Waters |magazine=Smithsonian Magazine |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/quiet-space-contemplation-fountain-rains-down-calming-waters-180964981/ |year=2017 |access-date=March 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311201639/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/quiet-space-contemplation-fountain-rains-down-calming-waters-180964981/ |archive-date=March 11, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/ava-duvernays-august-28-delves-into-just-how-monumental-that-date-is-to-black-history-in-america-10220382 | first= Tai  | last= Gooden |title=Ava Duvernay's 'August 28' Delves Into Just How Monumental That Date Is To Black History In America | date= August 28, 2018 |publisher=Bustle.com |access-date=August 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174225/https://www.bustle.com/p/ava-duvernays-august-28-delves-into-just-how-monumental-that-date-is-to-black-history-in-america-10220382 |archive-date=August 30, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Hurston was honored in a play written and performed by students at [[Indian River Charter High School]] in October 2017, January 2018, and January 2019. The play was based on letters written between Hurston and [[Vero Beach, Florida|Vero Beach]] entrepreneur, architect and pioneer [[Waldo E. Sexton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcpalm.com/story/specialty-publications/vero-beach/2017/11/14/unlikely-friendship-waldo-sexton-zora-neale-hurston-come-life-charter-high/850272001/|title=Unlikely friendship of Waldo Sexton, Zora Neale Hurston will come to life at Charter High|website=TCPalm|language=en|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827151524/https://www.tcpalm.com/story/specialty-publications/vero-beach/2017/11/14/unlikely-friendship-waldo-sexton-zora-neale-hurston-come-life-charter-high/850272001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://irchs.org/irchs-celebrates-vero-beachs-100th-year-anniversary/|first=Jessica|last=Krueger|title=IRCHS Celebrates Vero Beach's 100th Year Anniversary|date=October 23, 2018|website=Indian River Charter High School|language=en-US|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827151525/https://irchs.org/irchs-celebrates-vero-beachs-100th-year-anniversary/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* She is the subject of the [[documentary film]] ''Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space'' which first aired on ''[[American Experience]]'' on January 17, 2023.<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2023/01/17/zora-neale-hurston-doc-claiming-a-space-pbs/4601673926111/ Pendleton, Tonya. "Tracy Heather Strain's new film shows Zora Neale Hurston as anthropologist", ''United Press International'' (UPI), Tuesday, January 17, 2023.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117172558/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2023/01/17/zora-neale-hurston-doc-claiming-a-space-pbs/4601673926111/ |date=January 17, 2023 }} Retrieved January 17, 2023.</ref>
* ''Zora's Daughters'' is a [[podcast]] hosted by Alyssa A.L. James and Brendane Tynes, who "follow in the legacy of Hurston and other Black women ethnographers".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://zorasdaughters.com/about/ | title=About | access-date=November 25, 2023 | archive-date=November 25, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125040235/https://zorasdaughters.com/about/ | url-status=live }}</ref>