Around 1870, formerly enslaved Sarah Mead helped build one of Apopka’s earliest Black communities. But in 1937, the city made segregation official: Black residents were barred from living north of the railroad tracks while white residents were barred from living south. The ordinance ended in 1968, but the inequality didn’t vanish with it. In 1981, a federal court found that Apopka had provided inferior streets, drainage and water services to its Black community. South Apopka’s history is a remin