Florida Classic | Orlando, FL

The Florida Classic is is one of the biggest and best Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) rivalry games in the nation the Wildcats of Bethune-Cookman University and the Rattlers of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. It is now the largest football game between two historically Black Colleges in America, surpassing the Bayou Classic between [...]

Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts | Eatonville, FL

Named in honor of one of the pre-eminent writers of twentieth-century African-American literature, the Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts features not only the works of Zora Neal Hurston, a writer, anthropologist and folklorist known for such works as Their Eyes Were Watching God. The museum also showcases the work of other artists of [...]

Satchmo Summerfest | New Orleans, LA

Always held during the first weekend of August, the Satchmo Summerfest in New Orlean’s French Quarter is the premier American jazz festival celebrating the life, music, and legacy of the city’s native son, Louis Armstrong. The summerfest’s musical program features traditional jazz, contemporary jazz, and brass bands on four stages located on the grounds of the Old U.S. Mint. This [...]

Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities | Eatonville, FL

 
Zora Neale Hurston (1901-1960), was born in Eatonville , Florida , the first incorporated black city in the United States . She was a noted novelist and folklorist who traveled throughout Florida collecting and writing stories of rural people. She was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920’s and was part of the [...]