Title: Historical Background | Their Eyes Were Watching God
Headings: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Historical Background

Content: Historical Background | Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Historical Background
Dustin Sherry
Their eyes were watching God is a novel written by Zora Neale Hurston. This book was written in 1937 and the story takes place in the early 1900’s. Zora Neal Hurston was an African American Woman that was born January 7 th 1891. She graduated from Morgan Academy High School and later graduated from Columbia University. Zora lived in a very interesting time period. The Civil war had just ended around thirty years prior to her birth and needless to say tensions were still high in the south with lynching’s and segregation being an unfortunate part of everyday life. She and her family moved to Eatonville Florida when she was 3 years old and later writes about it in her book their eyes were watching God. In the book the main Character Janie Crawford is an African American woman reflecting over her life and telling her story. Janie is an interesting character. Janie is not like most of the other African Americans in the story.