1942-1948
1941
Moves to Los Angeles and serves as consultant at Paramount Pictures
1942
Lecture tours
Moves to St. Augustine
Collects Florida and Seminole folklore
November: Publishes autobiography Dust Tracks On a Road
1943
Lives in Daytona Beach
Autobiography receives Anisfield-Wolf award for best book in race relations and Howard University's Distinguished Alumni Award
November: Divorce from Price final
1944
January: Marries James Howell Pitts of Cleveland,
October: Divorces James Howell Pitts
December:Collaborates in New York with Dorothy Waring on musical comedy script, Polk County, registered for copyright
1945
Plans for a trip to Honduras
Return of stomach ailments
1946
Research trip on a shrimping boat
In New York works to oppose congressional campaign of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
1947
Research and writing in Honduras
1948
Returning to New York, is falsely accused of molesting a young boy, suffering bad publicity in the Black press
Seraph On the Suwanee published to good reviews
