Correction: An earlier version of this story cited events as having happened in 1970 that occured throughout that decade.

Zora Neale Huston and Langston Hughes finally set to work writing their play but outside influences and crossed wires spell trouble for this historic pair. Starring Alicia Walters.

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SOURCES

Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship and Betrayal by Yuval Taylor
Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston
In Search of Zora Neale Hurston by Alice Walker
The Complex Literary Friendship Between Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston by Yuval Taylor
Check out The Interstate Tattler digitized and stored by the New York Public Libraries
Read the archives at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Zora Neale Hurston vs. Langston Hughes: The Pleasures & Perils of Working With Friends

Our Ancestors Were Messy

Zora Neale Hurston vs. Langston Hughes: The Pleasures & Perils of Working With Friends