Today, works like her 1937 novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," are widely read.

Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)

Why not "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?

She also makes reference to the root in Their Eyes Were Watching God.

One particular criticism came from Richard Wright in his review of Their Eyes Were Watching God:

He played Mayor Joe Starks in Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)

Eyes, a musical based on Their Eyes Were Watching God (1979)

Racism was gaining legitimacy in the decades leading up to Hurston's writing of Their Eyes Were Watching God.

The 1977 biography was followed in 1978 by the re-issue of Their Eyes Were Watching God.