This project explores Eatonville, Florida, one of the first incorporated all-Black municipalities in the United States, as a powerful example of Black self-governance and democratic innovation. Through literary analysis of Zora Neale Hurston’s writing alongside archival records, oral histories, and historical documents, the research reconstructs Eatonville as both a political community and a cultural landscape. The project will contribute to a site-specific OTOWN installation that preserves Eatonville’s legacy as a landmark of Black civic leadership.