Why the first US cowboys were black

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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. • Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn • 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 • Brianna's Mulatto Meadows ► https://www.mulattomeadows.com/humble • Larry's Black Cowboy Museum ► http://www.blackcowboymuseum.org/ • Randy's Compton Cowboys ► https://www.comptoncowboys.com/ • The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh • Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► http://theguardian.com/first-edition • Website ► https://www.theguardian.com • Facebook ► / theguardian • Twitter ► / guardian • Instagram ► / guardian • The Guardian on YouTube: • Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs • Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs • Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs • Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs • Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs • #blackcowboys #cowboys #blackenough #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #usa • Further reading: • For the Compton Cowboys, Horseback Riding Is a Legacy, and Protection ► https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/31/us... • Evoking History, Black Cowboys Take to the Streets ► https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/us... • The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartlandhttps://www.harpercollins.com/product... • Where have all the black cowboys gone? ► https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020... • Black ranching frontiers ► https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/97803... • Black cowboys: Creole trail rides showcase unique culture ► https://www.theguardian.com/global/20... • The black cowboys of Mississippi ► https://www.theguardian.com/artanddes... • https://www.dazeddigital.com/politics... • The lesser known history of African American cowboys ► https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor... • https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-2...

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