A Florida town, once settled by former slaves, now fights over “sacred land”

“This is sacred land,” said N.Y. Nathiri, a third-generation resident of Eatonville, Fla. “It’s special for us. It’s who we are. And we’re not going to let them take it away from us, no.” Nathiri heads the association to preserve the Eatonville community, a town founded in 1887 by Joe Clark. That it even happened […]

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