Pbs Learning Media: Resurrecting Zora Neale Hurston: Alice Walker

In this video (2:20, Alice Walker discusses how Zora Neale Hurston's ability to portray black people as "undiminished human beings" shaped her as a writer. This is evident in The Color Purple which, like Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, blends the lyrical speech of the South with other kinds of prose. It includes teaching tips and discussion questions.