Hurston/Wright Foundation

The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation is an American literary nonprofit organization that supports the development and careers of Black writers. The Foundation provides classes, workshops, an annual conference, and offers the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the North Star Award, among others. Writer Marita Golden and cultural historian Clyde McElvene founded the organization in 1990.

Hurston/Wright Foundation
Founded1990 (1990)
FounderMarita Golden and Clyde McElvene
TypeNonprofit, private foundation
Tax ID no.
52-1706969
FocusLiterature, Black writers, arts education
Location
  • Washington, D.C., United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Audrey Hipkins (board chair)
Websitehurstonwright.org
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