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 [...]
Lincolnville/St. Augustine, FL
Photo Credit: John Reidy St. Augustine, Florida, is the oldest city in the United States, and until 1964, one of the most segregated. A dentist and NAACP representative named Robert Hayling from the historic subdivision of Lincolnville initiated the protest actions that eventually ended discrimination in the old city. Lincolnville, established in 1866, was the [...]
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival | Tampa, FL
Designed to promote cultural sensitivity and highlight diversity, the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival embarks on its 12th Anniversary January 12 – 21, 2012. The 10-day family friendly event typically begins the week before the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and features a unique blend of African and African American art, culture and history. This [...]
Fort Mose, St. Augustine, FL
Located on the eastern edge of a marsh, two miles north of St. Augustine Florida, Fort Mose (pronounced Moh-Say) is the site of the earliest known legally sanctioned free black community in the present U.S. In 1738, the Spanish governor of Florida chartered the settlement of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, or Fort [...]
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 Black Heritage Trail Guide
The Florida Black Heritage Trail Guide features historic black American sites from Pensacola to Key West and includes profiles and biographical sketches of many distinguished and accomplished black Floridians. Available for free at VISITFLORIDA.com, the guide also includes four self-guided driving tours and features vivid color photographs. Sites in the book include: Eatonville, the country’s [...]
