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RESOLUTION NO.
07-116
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 23,
2007, THROUGH APRIL 29, 2007, AS
"THE THIRD ANNUAL ZORA FEST!
CARIBBEAN CELEBRATION"; AND FURTHER
DESIGNATING SATURDAY, APRIL 28,
2007, 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 month long event celebrating the art, literature and
music of Zora Neale Hurston's life in the Caribbean - Zora Fest!
Caribbean Celebration - 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 Affairs 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. Zora became known as the Queen of the Harlem Renaissance
through her writings and friendships with the many black writers,
muslclans, sociologists, anthropologists and others, coming from
the South to make their mark on a growing black movement in the
1920s and 1930s. Her most renowned book, "Their Eyes Were Watching
God" was written in Haiti in 1936 and "Tell My Horse" discusses
folk life in Jamaica and Haiti.
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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
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 23, 2007, through
April 29, 2007, as "THE THIRD ANNUAL ZORA FEST!
CELEBRATION".
CARIBBEAN
2. This Board does hereby further designate Saturday, April
28, 2007, as "ZORA NEALE HURSTON DAY" in St. Lucie County, Florida.
3 . This Board urges the ci tizens of St. Lur::ie County to
participate in the events scheduled to honor Zora Neale Hurston.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 24th day of April, 2007.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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