“All the women they would get together and take out the crops… We go from one field to another until we get it done.”

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Alice Fay Lozano (ah-liss fay loh-zah-no)

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IMAGE SOURCE: Alice Fay Lozano & Shirley Boteler Mock. “My Black Seminole Ancestors: Running to Freedom.” University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures. 2004. | TEXT SOURCE: Shirley Boteler Mock. “Dreaming with the Ancestors: Black Seminole Wo…

IMAGE SOURCE: Alice Fay Lozano & Shirley Boteler Mock. “My Black Seminole Ancestors: Running to Freedom.” University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures. 2004. | TEXT SOURCE: Shirley Boteler Mock. “Dreaming with the Ancestors: Black Seminole Women in Texas and Mexico.” University of Oklahoma Press. 2010.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “We put another crop in December and took them out in the spring. The women they would break the corn. We did it right here…We all do it together.”

QUOTE QUESTION: What work must be done all together?

IMAGE CONTEXT: Book cover image.

IMAGE QUESTION: What place do you choose from which to tell your story?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote and photo are from books co-authored with an academic colleague.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do you decide how to collaborate with academic researchers in sharing the stories of your People?

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