Born in Notasulga, Alabama, the fifth of eight children, to John Hurston, January 7, a carpenter 1891 and Baptist preacher, and Lucy Potts Hurston, a former schoolteacher. Attends Morgan Academy in September Baltimore, 1917 - completing June 1918 the high school requirements. as a waitress in a nightclub and Summer a manicurist in 1918 a black-owned barbershop that only serves whites. Attends Howard Prep 1918 - School, 1919 Washington, D.C. Attends Howard University; 1919 - receives an 1924 associate degree in 1920. Publishes her first story, "John Redding 1921 Goes to Sea," in Stylus, the campus literary
January 7, 1891 Born in Notasulga, Alabama, the fifth of eight children, to John Hurston, a carpenter and Baptist preacher, and Lucy Potts Hurston, a former schoolteacher. September 1917 - June 1918 Attends Morgan Academy in Baltimore, completing the high school requirements. Summer 1918 as a waitress in a nightclub and a manicurist in a black-owned barbershop that only serves whites. 1918 - 1919 Attends Howard Prep School, Washington, D.C. 1919 - 1924 Attends Howard University; receives an associate degree in 1920. 1921 Publishes her first story, "John Redding Goes to Sea," in Stylus, the campus literary
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