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RESOLUTION NO. 06-113
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 28,
2006, THROUGH APRIL 30, 2006, AS
"THE SECOND ANNUAL ZORA FEST! THE
MYSTIQUE OF ZORAH; AND FURTHER
DESIGNATING SATURDAY, APRIL 29,
2006, AS "ZORA NEALE HURSTON DAY" IN
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida, has made the following determinations:
1. The St. Lucie County Cultural Affairs Council has
organized a three-day festival - Zora Fest! The Mystique of Zora -
to recognize the literary achievements of one of St. Lucie County's
most prominent citizens, the late award-winning author Zora Neale
Hurston.
2. The Cultural Council invites the community to celebrate
Hurston's life and her works by bringing her books, plays, folklore
and anthropological works to the attention of the public.
3. Hurston became known as the Queen of the Harlem
Renaissance through her writings and friendships with the many
black wri ters, musicians, sociologists, anthropologists and others,
coming from the South to make their mark on a growing black
movement in the 1920s and 1930s.
4. Zora Neale Hurston came to St. Lucie County toward the
end of her life at the request of fort pierce Chronicle publisher
C. E. Bolen and worked as a newspaper reporter, and also taught
school at Lincoln Park Academy, before suffering several strokes
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that led to her death in January, 1960.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida:
1. This Board does hereby proclaim April 28, 2006, through
April 30, 2006, as "THE SECOND ANNUAL ZORA FEST! THE MYSTIQUE OF
ZORAH.
2. This Board does hereby further designate Saturday, April
29, 2006, as "ZORA NEALE HURSTON DAY" in St. Lucie County, Florida.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 25th day of April, 2006.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FRIDA
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