This undated photo shows the Eatonville sign in Eatonville, Fla. One of the first historically Black towns in the U.S. is suing the local school board to stop the sale of land that is tied up with Florida’s legacy of racial segregation and the state's fast-paced growth nowadays. An association dedicated to the preservation of the town of Eatonville’s cultural history on Friday sued the Orange County School board in Orlando, Florida.
EATONVILLE, Fla. — A developer on Friday ended plans to purchase a 100-acre property from the local school system in a historically Black town in Florida following a public outcry that the deal threatened the cultural heritage of the community made famous by Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston.
Derek Bruce said in a letter to Orange County Public Schools in Orlando that he had terminated the deal to purchase the land where a former school for Black students stood in the town of Eatonville. The school system said in a statement that it wouldn’t consider any further bids for the land. “This decision presents us with a new opportunity to collaborate with the Eatonville community to preserve and celebrate the Town’s historic and cultural significance as the oldest incorporated Black town in the U.S.,” the school system said in the statement.
Also known as 'a town'.
Someone decided not to buy 100 acres of property? Did this really happen, or are you just observing April Fools Day a bit early?
Wut. AP loves inciting racial divide.
Keep those gentrified republicans out of this historical site!
1st name Bill last name - HELLS Gates?
From the organization that brought you “people experiencing frenchness”
You mean forced
Do we know of any down side like; are the jobs needed would the business' lost be locally owned? Story needs more detail on both pro & con?
This is a terrible headline. Definitely misleading.
The developer was denied because he was white. Racism against whites is an acceptable form of racism in today’s society.
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