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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.”
The Hurston is named after Zora Neale Hurston, an African-American writer, folklorist, and anthropologist who moved to Eatonville at a young age and whose father became mayor of Eatonville in 1897. [1] The museum's exhibits are centered on individuals of African descent, from the diaspora and the United States. The Hurston features exhibitions ...
Moseley House Museum is a house museum located in Eatonville, Florida. [1] The house is the second oldest structure in the town, constructed in 1888. The house was owned by Jim and Matilda Clark Moseley, Matilda was the niece of Eatonville's founder and first mayor. Author Zora Neale Hurston was a friend of Matilda and often visited the house ...
Image credits: UrbanAchievers6371 Scouten says we can get a lot of information from an old photo. "For people who enjoy research, photos give us many clues to when the photo was taken.
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.
Since she was a child in the 1950s and 60s, Bea Leach Hatler had always heard stories of “the land in Eatonville” that was an important part of her family’s legacy. On Thursday, for the ...
Mules and Men is a 1935 autoethnographical collection of African-American folklore collected and written by anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. [1] The book explores stories she collected in two trips: one in Eatonville and Polk County, Florida , and one in New Orleans .
Lawyers for Orange County Public Schools argued before a judge Thursday morning for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed over the future of 100 acres of land that once housed the Robert Hungerford ...