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Pages in category "People from Eatonville, Florida" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... This page was last edited on 9 March 2024, at 16: ...
As an adult, Hurston often used Eatonville as a setting in her stories—it was a place where African Americans could live as they desired, independent of white society. Hurston grew up in Eatonville and described the experience in her 1928 essay, "How It Feels To Be Colored Me". Eatonville now holds an annual "Zora! Festival" in her honor. [11]
The Eatonville Speaker newspaper printed an invitation in 1889: “Colored People of the United States! Solve the Great Race Problem by Securing a Home in Eatonville, Florida, a Negro City Governed by Negroes.” The article describes Eatonville as a "thriving community of 200-300 people — all colored, and NOT A WHITE FAMILY in the whole city.”
Eatonville may refer to: Eatonville, Florida, United States; Eatonville, Minnesota, United States, an alternative name for the former Dakota village Ḣeyate Otuŋwe;
A small, two-passenger plane crashed near Eatonville on Saturday night, leaving two dead. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office responded at 9:22 p.m. to multiple reports from Eatonville residents ...
Joyce "Fenderella" Irby (born July 27, 1956, Orlando, FL - according to her 2022 memoir, "Id Still Say Yes") is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist and producer.
For centuries, Nisqually people roamed the rivers and streams of the Eatonville area. Leschi, one of the main leaders of Nisqually was born in this area in 1808.. In 1889, Indian Henry was one of the Nisqually who guided the town's Euro-American founder, Thomas C. Van Eaton, from Mashell Prairie to the present site of Eatonville.
This is a list of notable people who were born, raised, ... Raised in Eatonville [39] James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) Author, poet, and civil rights activist