Pearl City (Boca Raton)

The area directly south of Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, had an established African American community at this point in time.

Long, and associate of Henry Flagler, established the economic and agriculture infrastructure in the Boca Raton area that would serve as the basis for the development of Pearl City.

[3] Pearl City was established in 1915 as a community for those agricultural workers in Boca Raton who lived in Deerfield Beach approximately 5 miles away.

The community was initially proposed by George Long so workers would not have to travel back and forth from Deerfield Beach to Boca Raton on a daily basis.

In 1920, Hughes addressed the Board of Public Education in West Palm Beach for the establishment of a school for Black children in Pearl City.