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Their Eyes Were Watching God: Behind the Scenes

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Behind the Scenes. Then and Now. Then…. …Now. Fun Facts. On August 15, 1887, a group of black men voted for the incorporation of Eatonville in Orange County, Florida. 2004 Census recorded 2,387 people, 89% African-American.

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Their Eyes Were Watching God: Behind the Scenes

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  1. Their Eyes Were Watching God: Behind the Scenes

  2. Then and Now

  3. Then… …Now Fun Facts • On August 15, 1887, a group of black men voted for the incorporation of Eatonville in Orange County, Florida • 2004 Census recorded 2,387 people, 89% African-American • Named after Captain Josiah Eaton of Maitland • Known for showcasing arts and literature • Many freed slaves moved there for work • First magnet school: Robert Hungerford Preparatory High School • Central Florida’s first railroad was built there • David “Deacon” Jones, defense player, was born there! • Oldest incorporated all-black town • Zora Neale Hurston grew up there!

  4. 1930s: What Was Going On • America was in the Great Depression • FDR was President • There was a severe drought in the west • Harlem Renaissance was taking root in New York • The era of Babe Ruth • The radio was a popular form of entertainment • Their Eyes Were Watching God was published!

  5. Jim Crow • “Jim Crow” laws • Originated in 1830 by minstrel show • Plessy vs Ferguson (1896)- “Separate, but Equal” • Personal Narrative: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/narrative_baldwin.html • Interactive Activity: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/themap/map.html

  6. Zora Neale Hurston and Jim Crow • She grew up with Jim Crow • Usually avoids it in her fiction • Her experiences with Jim Crow: • Doctor Visit • Hotels and Restaurants

  7. Harlem Renaissance

  8. Harlem Renaissance • Population burst- urban development • A civil rights and literary movement in the 1920s-1930s • Birth of Jazz Age • African-American Identity

  9. Merry-Go-Round "Colored child at carnival: Where is the Jim Crow section On this merry-go-round, Mister, Cause I want to ride? Down South where I come from White and colored Can't sit side by side. Down South on the train There's a Jim Crow Car. On the bus we're putin the back-- But there ain't no back To a merry-go-round! Where's the horse For a kid that's black? ----Langston Hughes (Garraty 872)

  10. Brain Teaser! • http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/arts/teaser.html

  11. Work Cited • Images from yahoo.com • Town of Eatonville: www.townofeatonville.org • America in the 1930s: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html • PBS- The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/ • Biography- Black History: http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/harlem-renaissance.jsp • Langston Hughes’ “Merry-go-Round”: http://165.29.91.7/classes/humanities/amstud/97-98/harren/HUGHES.HTM

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