Zora Neale Hurston (January 07, 1891-January 28, 1960
Zora Neale Hurston , recognized as a major novelist, folklorist and anthropologist, was raised in Eatonville, Florida, the nation’s oldest incorporated African-American community. The strength of that community never left Hurston, allowing her to develop her self-assurance, her storytelling skills, her love of black people and their rich heritage.
Through her two Florida based novels, Jonah’s Gourd Vine (1934) and Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), her two books of folklore, her autobiographies, and numerous articles Zora Neale Hurston has recorded that history and through its’ reading we understand more clearly the history of the world in which we live. Please join us for “Exploring Zora” events at the Library. For more information please click HERE. For directions HERE.
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Please Support Your Library!
Fall “What a Bargain” Book Fundraiser
Held during library hours begining Saturday, November 12, 2011, 9AM to1:00 PM , November 15 (Tuesday) 3-8 PM, November 16 & 17 (Wednesday & Thursday) 9AM-5PM.
Our sale will continue at the Seafood Festival , Saturday and Sunday, November 19 & 20.
Please come and support the library … note , we have the lowest prices around!
November 19 & 20 @ Yankeetown Seafood Festival
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Thanks To All Our Volunteers
Community Volunteers Tackle Library Bathroom
Edward Michaels, Facilitator for the AF Knotts Friends of the Library Bathroom Project, headed up a team to demolish the former library lavatories inorder to upgrade to a handicapped-accessible unisex restroom meeting all state and local codes.
Pictured here on March 4, 2011 are from the left: FOL Larry Cohan; Edward Michaels; Tommy Sholes, Y-Town Councilman; FOL Chris Fineout; FOL Jean Holbrook; Norm Shannihan, Y-Town Councilman.
The project is being funded by Friends of AF Knotts Public Library and the Yankeetown-Inglis Women’s Club with generous community support. To see more photos of this project click HERE.
