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| 1989 Eatonville FL Black History Rel Pin Pinback Button - 1st Black Municipality |
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This 3-inch celluloid pin was issued for the 1987 celebration of the establishment of Eatonville, Florida as the oldest black-incorporated municipality in the United States. Incorporated in 1887, it is the first town successfully established by African American freedmen. The founding of this town stands as an enormous achievement for once-enslaved black men and women throughout the United States. Having to live life being considered inferior to the white majority, African Americans finally found some autonomy and freedom for themselves in Eatonville. Eatonville-born novelist, Zora Neale Hurston, depicted the town in her 1937 novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God." The pin features the city symbol and the words, "Eatonville Day, Tallahassee, Florida, April 13, 1989, 102 Years", and "Freedom and Self Government." A recognition of an important but oft-forgotten event in African American history. Very good Condition.
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