John Griffin (jahn grif-fin)
re-enactor
IMAGE SOURCE: Bonnie Gearhart. “Dade Battlefied Reenactment. Dade Battlefield Historic State Park.” TripAdvisor. 2008. | TEXT SOURCE: “Looking for Angola.” Herald-Tribune Media Newspaper-in-Education. 2008.
QUOTE CONTEXT: “People out of the past are guiding all of us together for a common cause, a spiritual hand leading us…I believe Florida’s history is incomplete because all the different segments of the history of its people have not been told.”
QUOTE QUESTION: What do your ancestors urge you to do?
IMAGE CONTEXT: John Griffin in Black Seminole Warrior dress for a reenactment of the "Dade Massacre,” an 1835 defeat for the United States Army that started the Second Seminole War, which lasted until 1842.
IMAGE QUESTION: How do you dress to remember your ancestors’ victories?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a teacher’s guide. The photo is from a social media site.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What media channels help to shine a light on the histories of your People?
LEARN ABOUT THE BLACK SEMINOLES: https://folklife.si.edu/resources/maroon/educational_guide/66.htm
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