Explore Orlando’s influential African American community, including annual celebrations, Black-owned businesses, and captivating history and culture.
African American History
Orlando’s rich African American history and cultural influences can be found throughout Orlando, including these standout locations.
Incorporated in 1887, historic Eatonville is one of the oldest African American communities in the U.S. and the childhood home of author Zora Neale Hurston, who is celebrated at a museum and annual festival named in her honor.
Constructed in 1921, the Wells’Built Museum of African American History and Culture started as a hotel that catered to African American guests during the segregation era, including several famous musicians.
Officially founded in 1881, Hannibal Square was originally designated as the African American section of Winter Park — and became the site of one of the country’s earliest Civil Rights marches in 1887.
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