ZORA Festival of the Arts & Humanities | Eatonville, FL

Taking place the last week of January each year in Eatonville, Florida, this multi-day, multi-disciplinary event celebrates the life and work of 20th century writer, folklorist and anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston; her hometown, Eatonville, the nation’s oldest incorporated African American municipality and the cultural contributions people of African ancestry have made to the United States [...]

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

“She had been getting ready for her great journey to the horizons in search of people; it was important to all the world that she should find them and they find her.” Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, chapter 9. Named in honor of one of the pre-eminent writers of twentieth-century African-American literature, [...]

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 [...]