While Hurston’s literary portrait of Lewis’ life provided an intimate account of the legacy of slavery, it met with criticism from many black academics and thinkers of the time, who felt the manuscript was counterproductive to the mission of uplifting the perception of African Americans among the dominant white society. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Zora Hurston beating the hountar, or mama drum, 1937.
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