08/02/2026
The Hurston museum at 227 E. Kennedy Blvd. has maps for self-guided tours and guided tours too. Eatonville, the first incorporated all-Black city in the nation, still carries Zora Neale Hurston’s “native village” on its streets.
Eatonville may be most famous as the place where Zora Neale Hurston grew up. The Association to Preserve Eatonville Community pulls out all the stops for its annual “Zora!” festival in late January, but visitors can celebrate the global icon year-round by exploring what Hurston called her “nat...