Zora Neale Hurston was an American writer during the Harlem Renaissance who wrote numerous peices about the lives of African Americans during that time. Although she didnt write it during the Renaissance, Their Eyes Were Watching God remains her most famous an influencial works of literature. She wrote Color Struck in 1925 and it centers around a black couple, John and Emmaline, and "colorism". "Emma" continues to be worried throughout the whole play that John will leave her for a lighter-skinned woman, and because of this she stays jealous. The re-0ccuring theme continues to be color, Emma ends up having a half-white baby, Emma won't go to a black doctor, and Emma remains scared about Johns "attraction" to white people.
This peice embodies the Harlem Renaissance because it focuses on the issues of color and racism, but from a negative point of view. Color Struck won second prize in a contest for best play in 1925.
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