Eatonville
Eatonville, the first incorporated all-black city in the nation, also is important in African-American history as home of Zora Neale Hurston, the Harlem Renaissance writer known for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. As a result, the Zora Neal Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts hosts an annual festival in Eatonville, a still-thriving town. Now a suburb of Orlando, Eatonville no longer is a backwoods town in a rural area, as described in Hurston’s novels. Eatonville remains, however, a cultural gem – one that beckons you to visit.
The annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities
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Famous home of author Zora Neale Hurston
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