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Eatonville

Eatonville. Overview Videos. The first African-American Incorporated Municipality. Est. 1887 by 27 families (more Info). Home of Zora Neal Hurston (more info). 2000 Census Pop. 2,432. Zora Neal Hurston Festival. Before desegregation …, two schools and no jail. ZORA FESTIVAL.

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Eatonville

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  1. Eatonville OverviewVideos

  2. The first African-American IncorporatedMunicipality Est. 1887 by 27 families (more Info) Home of Zora Neal Hurston (more info)

  3. 2000 Census Pop. 2,432 Zora Neal Hurston Festival Before desegregation…, two schools and no jail.

  4. ZORA FESTIVAL LEGACY HISTORY HURSTON MUSEUM

  5. Municipality mu·nic·i·pal·i·ty - a city, town, or other district possessing . corporate existence and usually its own local government. Origin: 1780–90; < French municipalité.

  6. Incorporated in·cor·po·rat·ed adjective - formed or constituted as a legal corporation.

  7. Desegregation de·seg·re·ga·tion noun - the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which different races, groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like.

  8. Famous Floridians: Zora Neale Hurston • 1st Black American to collect and publish African-American and Afro-Caribbean folklore. • She wrote stories, novels, anthropological folklore, and an autobiography. • She could write about the most ordinary things and make them infinitely gorgeous. • Her characters appeared real and human. • Her works have increased in popularity with the passing of time.

  9. Famous Floridians: Zora Neale Hurston • born in Alabama • When she was two, her family moved to Eatonville, Florida • This community shaped her life and her writing. • She once wrote, “I’ve got the map of Florida on my tongue.” • She was so proud of her heritage as a black Floridian that in her autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road, she claimed she was born in Eatonville.

  10. THE FOUNDING OF EATONVILLE • In 1882, businessman Joseph C. Clarke bought some land from Maitland Mayor Josiah C. Eaton. • Clarke sold lots to black families from Maitland, Orlando, and Winter Park. • By 1887 many blacks dreamed of having their own town. • On Aug. 15, 1887, 27 registered voters, all black men, voted to incorporate.

  11. THE FOUNDING OF EATONVILLE • The new town consisted of 112 acres (the land Clarke bought, plus a 10-acre donated tract) and was called Eatonville in honor of the original owner. • That vote made history: Eatonville was the first incorporated African-American community in the nation. • Some 100 such communities were founded during the same era; • only about a dozen remain.

  12. Eatonville THANK YOU!!!

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