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Eatonville closes gap in rankings to host Florida's Black history museum – Orlando Sentinel orlandosentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from orlandosentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Florida’s proposal to create a statewide Black history museum prompted interest, and then glossy reports, from eight communities eager to be the home of a new state institution. Eatonville, the tiny Orange County town incorporated in 1887 by newly freed slaves, was among those that submitted a bid last month. Town leaders hope Eatonville’s historic status as the nation’s oldest Black-run town, .