"Their Eyes Were Watching God" background assignment - DUE October 11

Read these two short essays carefully, looking for answers to the following questions:

1. Who were five of the twenty-nine men who signed the incorporation papers for Eatonville? 

2. What is odd about the men who signed?

3. Who discovered Hurston's grave and published an essay about Hurston?  

4. Where was that essay published, and in what year?

Reading: History of Eatonville, FL

Reading: Zora Neale Hurston biography

When you have finished the assigned reading, send me your answers either via email or in a shared Google Doc.  See note below about the proper naming convention for submitting responses to online assignments.

Each answer is worth up to 25 points, for a total of 100 points for the assignment.  Your answers are due to me no later than 5 PM on Friday, October 11.    

NOTE: 

For an email, the subject line should be “Last Name Hour Their Eyes background.”  For a shared Google Doc, the document name should be “Last Name Hour Their Eyes Background.”  An incorrect name/subject line will cost you 5%.