https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/browse?tags=Eatonville+Speaker&sort_field=added&sort_dir=a&output=atom2024-03-29T06:04:15+00:00Omekahttps://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4199Eatonville Speaker edition for June 22, 1889. Eatonville, Florida, was incorporated as one of the first all-black towns in the country on August 15, 1887. The town was named after Josiah C. Eaton, one of the few white landowners who was willing to sell land to African Americans in order to incorporate the town. Eatonville is also known as the hometown of Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), noted African-American author of Their Eyes Were Watching God.]]>2016-10-04T20:30:58+00:00
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Title
Eatonville Speaker, June 22, 1889
Alternative Title
Eatonville Speaker
Subject
Eatonville (Fla.)
African Americans--Florida
Description
The Eatonville Speaker edition for June 22, 1889. Eatonville, Florida, was incorporated as one of the first all-black towns in the country on August 15, 1887. The town was named after Josiah C. Eaton, one of the few white landowners who was willing to sell land to African Americans in order to incorporate the town. Eatonville is also known as the hometown of Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), noted African-American author of Their Eyes Were Watching God.