Once An African-American Refuge, Economic Plight Threatens Future Of Florida Town : NPR
▻http://www.npr.org/2015/07/28/427178303/once-an-african-american-refuge-economic-plight-threatens-future-of-florida-tow
New development in central Florida is threatening to swallow one of the country’s oldest black towns - #Eatonville. It’s where #Harlem_Renaissance writer #Zora_Neale_Hurston grew up. At the height of #segregation, it was a place of refuge for #blacks across Florida. Renata Sago, of member station WMFE, reports on Eatonville’s struggle to keep its legacy.