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            As part of Women’s History Month at Shawnee State University, Professor Barbara Kunkle presented a lecture, “Zora! The Extraordinary Life of Zora Neale Hurston,” on Wednesday, March 3 in the University Center. Kunkle’s presentation included excerpts from a PBS documentary about Hurston. Hurston was the author of “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” among other works. She contributed to the WPA Guide to Florida and recorded songs and stories along Florida’s Gulf Coast. She was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 30s.