Eatonville is one of several African American towns settled across the United States after the Civil War, incorporated in 1887. All of the town’s officials and residents were black. Eatonville’s most famous resident was playwright and novelist Zora Neale Hurston.

Hungerford School Building Circa 1914
The Robert Hungerford Normal and Industrial School was one of a several secondary schools founded for (and often by) black people in Florida after the Civil War, including – Read the rest of this entry »