You don't know us negroes and other essays

"Drawn from three decades of [Hurston's] work, this anthology showcases her development as a writer, from her early pieces expounding on the beauty and precision of African American art to some of her final published works, covering the sensational trial of Ruby McCollum, a wealthy Black woman convicted in 1952 for killing a white doctor. Among the selections are Hurston's well-known works such as 'How It Feels to be Colored Me' and 'My Most Humiliating Jim Crow Experience.' The essays in this essential collection are grouped thematically and cover a panoply of topics, including politics, race and gender, and folkloric study from the height of the Harlem Renaissance to the early years of the Civil Rights movement"--Provided by publisher.