Black Autonomy
Zora Neale Hurston alludes to the construction of Eatonville, her hometown, illustrating the Black man who buys 200 acres of land, becomes mayor, and provides a post office. The conversation between Hicks and Lee Coker and Hicks describes the power behind the new visitor and the woman by his side:
"...You oughta know you can't take no 'oman lak dat from no man lak him. A man dat ups and buys two hundred acres uh land at one whack and pays cash for it."
"Naw! He didn't buy it sho nuff."
"He sho did. Come off wid de papers in his pocket. He done called a meetin' on his porch tomorrow. Ain't never seen no sich uh colored man befo' in all mah bawn days. He's goingtuh put up uh store and git uh post office from de Goven'ment."
That irritated Hicks and he didn't know why. He was the average mortal. (38-39)
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