Formed in 1987, the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community (P.E.C.) works to promote Eatonville’s cultural and historical heritage. Since 1990, P.E.C. has hosted the annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities in historic Eatonville.
The UCF History Department partners with the the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community on several major Public History initiatives.
Every Tongue Got To Confess: A Podcast Exploring Communities of Color
Principal Investigators:
Dr. Robert Cassanello, UCF Department of History
Dr. Julian Chambliss, Rollins College Department of History/Michigan State University Department of English
Graduate Research Assistant:
Holly Baker, UCF Public History
Beginning in 2017, Dr. Robert Cassanello (UCF History) and Dr. Julian Chambliss (then at Rollins College) launched a podcast series based on interviews with presenters at the annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of Arts & Humanities Academic Conference. The title, “Every Tongue Got to Confess,” is based on Hurston’s collection of African American folklore by the same title.
Seasons 1-3 are available through Rollins College Scholarship on Line
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/confess_podcast/
Season 4 is available through the UCF Library STARS repository
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/everytonguegottoconfess/
Zora! Festival Poster Forum Participants (2017)
• “Zora Neale Hurston’s Song Collecting Efforts in Black Communities in Florida During the Depression” – Holly Baker
• “Invisible History: Uncovering Early 20th Century African American Life through Metadata” – Porsha Dossie
• “Pan-Africanism in Harlem: Arturo Schomburg and the Quest for Community Identity” – Jose Flores
• “Parramore: A Community’s Representation in Public” – Gramond McPherson
• “Citizen Curators: A Digital History Project” – Brandon Nightingale
“Every Tongue Got to Confess” Podcast
• Brandon Nightingale – Episode 13
• Gramond McPherson – Episode 15
• Holly Baker – Episode 16
• Jose Flores – Episode 17
• Porsha Dossie – Episode 19
• Dr. Scot French – Episode 21
Podcast Website
http://scholarship.rollins.edu/confess_podcast/
Partnerships
• The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community
• Zora Neale Huston Festival of the Arts and Humanities
• University of Central Florida Department of History
• Rollins College