“We all have fought the same fight. We all have shed the same blood to be called Seminoles.”
LeEtta Osborne-Sampson (lee-eh-tah ahz-born samp-sun), Seminole Freedmen Chief of the Caesar Bruner Band
“Freedmen definitely deserve reparations... because we need to be repaired for the trauma that was suffered … whether it be physical, mental, generational, [or] emotional.”
Lamar Williams Jr. (lah-mar will-yumz), member of the Dosar Barkus Band
“For generations, we have been a forgotten tribe of people. Now we are no longer a forgotten people. Now everyone is learning about who we are. That's a blessing.”
Sylvia Davis (sill-vee-yah day-vis), leader Dosar-Barkus Black Seminole band