# A Lover of Individualism: Zora Neale Hurston **URL:** **By** Paul Meany **Published:** December 17, 2020 --- The famous author, anthropologist, and, intellectual Zora Neale Hurston constantly spoke of the gift of individualism. ## Summary: Growing up in a black self-governing town, Zora realized the myth of race and that black Americans were just as capable citizens as their white counterparts. Battling through poverty and discrimination, Zora became one of the foremost figures of the Harlem Renaissance, but unlike her fellow intellectuals, she loathed any form of socialism or collectivism, preferring the greater gift of individualism instead. ## Music Credits: Windswept by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4629-windswept](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4629-windswept) License: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Touching Moments Three - Deeper by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4538-touching-moments-three---deeper](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4538-touching-moments-three---deeper) License: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Gymnopedie No. 2 by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3838-gymnopedie-no-2](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3838-gymnopedie-no-2) License: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Silver Blue Light by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4361-silver-blue-light](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4361-silver-blue-light) License: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Deep Relaxation Preview by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5726-deep-relaxation-preview](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5726-deep-relaxation-preview) License: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Evening Fall (Piano) by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3721-evening-fall-piano-](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3721-evening-fall-piano-) License: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Reminiscing by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4275-reminiscing](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4275-reminiscing) License: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)