SW099 Descendant of Black Seminole Maroons Spreads Peaceful Tidings to Diaspora

  Pompey Fixico, president of the Semiroon Historical Society, is an extraordinary man. One-time amateur boxer and actor, the LA-based Pompey only learned of his Black Seminole Maroon descendant status at the age of 52. Pompey counts Abraham and Bowlegs as forebears. His family fought battles in Oklahoma when the U.S. Civil War broke out. He has documented his lineage on the Dawes Rolls. When he learned of his heritage, which his mother had hidden from him all his life, he vowed to make 300 appearances to raise awareness of Black Seminole Maroons in America. The Black Seminole descendants who gather in Brackettville, Texas each year, have welcomed Pompey into their fold. He has spoken around the nation, attended the United Nations as a Seminole Maroon member of a Multi-National Maroon Delegation, and today, the now 74-year-old Pompey speaks to us…about his heritage, about his forebears, and about his own story in seeking to spread recognition and harmony as a Black Seminole Maroon descendant.           Host Patrick Swan is a board member with the Seminole Wars Foundation. He is a combat veteran and of the U.S. Army, serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Kosovo, and at the Pentagon after 9/11. A military historian, he holds masters degrees in Public History, Communication, and Homeland Security, and is a graduate of the US Army War College with an advanced degree in strategic studies. This podcast is recorded at the homestead of the Seminole Wars Foundation in Bushnell, Florida.  Subscribe automatically to the Seminole Wars through your favorite podcast catcher, such as iHeart or Stitcher or Spotify, DoubleTwist, or Pandora or Google podcasts or iTunes, or ... Check it out so you always get the latest episode without delay where and when you want it. Like us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube!