Color Struck - A Play;Including the Introductory Essay 'A Brief History of the Harlem Renaissance'

<p><b>Zora Neale Hurston's tragic 1926 play <i>Color Struck</i> is a thought-provoking commentary on colorism within the Black community.</b></p> <p>Set in Florida in 1900, <i>Colour Struck</i> begins on a Jim Crow train carriage. Barely making the train, Emma and John's journey commences with an argument. Emma saw John speaking to a lighter-skinned Black woman, Effie, and was immediately jealous, assuming he was flirting. Throughout the play Emma continues to display animosity towards those with lighter skin, which often results in calamity.</p> <p>Exploring themes of colorism, self-destruction, and hatred, Zora Neale Hurston's 1926 tragedy comments on intra-racial racism and warns of the adverse effects of harbouring hatred. <i>Color Struck</i> was first published in <i>Fire!!</i> magazine and won second prize in the <i>Opportunity</i> magazine's contest for best play. Now republished in a new edition, Hurston's play is not one to be missed by those with an interest in Harlem Renaissance literature.</p>