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RESOLUTION NO. 08-111
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MARCH 21, 2008,
THROUGH MARCH 30, 2008, AS "THE FOURTH ANNUAL
ZORA FEST! HARLEM RENAISSANCE CELEBRATION";
AND FURTHER DESIGNATING SATURDAY, MARCH 29,
2008, 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 two-week long event celebrating the art, literature and
music of Zora Neale Hurston's life during the Harlem Renaissance
Era, 1920's to the 1930's - 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,
musicians, sociologists, anthropologists and others, coming from
the South to make their mark on a growing black movement in the
1920' sand 1930 's.
Her most renowned books, "Their Eyes Were
Watching God" was written in Haiti in 1936 and "Tell My Horse"
discusses folk life in Jamaica and Haiti.
4. Zora Neale Hurston came to St. Lucie County towa~d the
end of her life at the request of Fort Pierce Chronicle Publisher
C. E. Bolen where she 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 March 21, 2008, through
March 30, 2008, as "THE FOURTH ANNUAL ZORA FEST! HARLEM RENAISSANCE
CELEBRATION".
2. This Board does hereby further designate Saturday, March
29, 2008, as "ZORA NEALE HURSTON DAY" in St. Lucie County, Florida.
3. This Board urges the citizens of St. Lucie County to
participate in the events scheduled to honor Zora Neale Hurston.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 25th day of March, 2008.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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CHAIRMAN
LEGAL FORM AND
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