On this day in 1891, Zora Neale Hurston, novelist and folklorist, is born in Eatonville, Fla., writes history.com: Although at the time of her death in 1960, Hurston had published more books than any other black woman in America, she was unable to capture a mainstream audience in her lifetime, and she died poor and … Continue reading Today in labor history: Author Zora Neale Hurston is born