African American Children Playing Singing Games, Eatonville, Florida Digital History ID 2761

African American Children Playing Singing Games, Eatonville, Florida

Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Museum Number: LC-USZ6-1723 DLC
Annotation: Author Zora Neale Hurston (shown dancing with this group of children) worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to document the folklore of the African American culture throughout Florida. Her book, Men and Mules, describes her journey to collect the stories.
Year: 1935

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