02/24/2026
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston 🌺📖
This powerful novel follows Janie Crawford, a Black woman in the early 1900s South, as she searches for love, identity, and her own voice. Through three marriages and life in Eatonville, Janie learns that her happiness can’t be defined by others — she must define it for herself.
The book has been challenged and banned in some schools for its themes of sexuality, domestic violence, racial dynamics, and its use of Black Southern dialect. Critics have called it “inappropriate,” but supporters say it’s an essential story about Black womanhood, freedom, and self-discovery.
A story about finding your voice, even when the world tries to silence it. ✨
