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Students, professors and community members will kick off Penn State Altoona’s 24th annual African American Read-In this weekend with the theme Black ecologies, which celebrates environmental writing by Black authors. Exploring topics ranging from urban nature to geography to environmental science, this multi-day event aims to engage attendees with both contemporary and historical works by […]

Discover the remarkable life and legacy of Zora Neale Hurston, a celebrated author and anthropologist who broke barriers in Washington, D.C.

Most of history is ugly, particularly American History, particularly for blacks. Zora Neale Hurston was unable to accept the idea that the culture of sl...

proposals due April 5, 2021 In her 1942 autobiographical work, Dust Tracks on a Road, author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston openly declared her desire to expand the focus and direction of African-American literature, indicating not only that “I was and am thoroughly sick of the subject [of the race problem in the United States]” but that she was interested in exploring “what makes a man or a woman do such-and-so, regardless of his color” (713). And while discussions of race inhe...