ABOUT P.E.C

OUR VISION

To make Eatonville an internationally recognized cultural tourism destination for the arts and culture throughout the African Diaspora, with special emphasis on the multi-disciplines as represented by the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston

OUR MISSION

The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (P.E.C.), established in 1987, is a 501 (c) 3 organization whose mission is to promote Eatonville, Florida’s considerable heritage, historical, and cultural resources as a means for the community’s revitalization and economic development; and via programming which promotes pride of heritage, educational excellence and the cultural arts will preserve and protect the community for posterity.

LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF P.E.C.

Download this extended essay by Gramond McPherson.

About Gramond McPherson

In 2017, Gramond McPherson was a second-year master’s student in the Department of History at the University of Central Florida. He graduated from Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in history in 2014. He concentrates on black urban history in the United States, particularly in the South. His work focuses on studying minority communities and their resistance to various infrastructural changes that threaten their community. He ultimately aspires to obtain his Ph.D. degree and teach American history at the university level.