Following Zora’s Dust Tracks in Ft. Pierce
Zora Neale Hurston was a writer and anthropologist who was born in 1891 and died in 1960. I refer to my work as Zora Neale Hurstoning for a few reasons:
Walking and Connecting in Selma, Alabama
I used to walk around the park everyday, listening to GirlTREK’s Black History Bootcamp podcast. Out of of my mouth, I said I was going to work with them one
Ties to the Land
“Where culture is most abundant, resources are most limited.The Sea Islands are an excellent example. Prior to the construction of bridges, resorts, and subdivisions, Geechee folk on the Georgia and
7 Books on Gullah Geechee Culture
Krak Teet by Trelani Michelle The first-hand accounts in this book are transcribed directly from the grandchildren of the enslaved who laid the city’s treasured cobblestone roads and introduced its
Book Recommendations for Hoodoo Heritage Month
Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston …is a travel narrative that explores her experiences and observations in Haiti and Jamaica, focusing on the practices of voodoo, the complexities of
Time to gwine ‘ome to hoodoo
It’s Hoodoo Heritage Month, and I usually post “So Hoodoo Ain’t Voodoo?” Every year, I get a lot of love for that article, but I get a lot of backlash
John Langston Gwaltney: Your Life Purpose Requires Your Abilities, Disabilities, and Life Experiences
…Soji is the word for an unbaptised person in the old-time religion. Such unbaptized persons learned the core Black way by listening to their elders. And the other thing that
Zora Neale Hurston’s 1948 arrest taught me some thangs
In September 1948, Zora was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy. He said Zora and two other adults would pay him 50 cents to violate him and