1/18: Historic Eatonville and the Fight to Preserve "America's First Incorporated Black Town" in the 21st Century
1/18: Eatonville, Florida Eatonville, Florida as a model of the late 19th/early 20th century black town-building and a case study in the late 20th/early 21st century historic preservation versus gentrification... I. What circumstances led to the establishment of Eatonville as an all-black subdivision of Maitland and late, and an independent, self-governing black township? Eatonville represented a new South. A vibrant culture that embraces its culture and values that its founders held close. Eatonville rose a the first self-governing all-black municipalities in its 1887 incorporation as a direct result of the experience of the founders. As the CBS video mentioned, it was remarkable that Eatonville was created after the end of the Civil War in 1887 when formerly enslaved African Americans moved to Central Florida to work. Eatonville was a product of three men coming together, acquiring plot of land making afford houses. I believe this is a very point and ...