You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

¿One of the greatest writers of our time.¿ Toni Morrison¿You Don¿t Know Us Negroes adds immeasurably to our understanding of Hurston ¿ her words make it impossible for readers to consider her anything but one of the intellectual giants of the 20th century.¿ The New York Times Book ReviewIntroduction by New York Times bestselling author Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Genevieve WestSpanning more than 35 years of work, the first comprehensive collection of essays, criticism, and articles by the legendary author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, showcasing the evolution of her distinctive style as an author.You Don¿t Know Us Negroes is the quintessential gathering of provocative essays from one of the world¿s most celebrated writers, Zora Neale Hurston. Spanning more than three decades and penned during the backdrop of the birth of the Harlem Renaissance, Montgomery bus boycott, desegregation of the military, and school integration, Hurston¿s writing articulates the beauty and auth