Why the first US cowboys were black

Historians estimate that one in four cowboys were African American, though you’d never guess because the conventional Hollywood image of a cowboy is a white man. Black cowboys have been written out of history, along with the original cattle-raising Native Americans and Mexican vaqueros who taught them. So what are the real origins of cowboy culture in the US? And is there more to modern black cowboy culture than Old Town Road and Lil Nas X? Josh Toussaint-Strauss talks to some of the Black riders who are keeping the history of Black cowboy culture alive
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Further reading:
For the Compton Cowboys, Horseback Riding Is a Legacy, and Protection ► www.nytimes.co...
Evoking History, Black Cowboys Take to the Streets ► www.nytimes.co...
The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartlandwww.harpercoll...
Where have all the black cowboys gone? ► www.theguardia...
Black ranching frontiers ► yalebooks.yale...
Black cowboys: Creole trail rides showcase unique culture ► www.theguardia...
The black cowboys of Mississippi ► www.theguardia...
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The lesser known history of African American cowboys ► www.smithsonia...
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