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 Brianna's Mulatto Meadows ► https://ift.tt/3kSADi5 Larry's Black Cowboy Museum ► https://ift.tt/3e8Mwh2 Randy's Compton Cowboys ► https://ift.tt/3jCPCen Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://ift.tt/16bR3Lu Support the Guardian ► https://ift.tt/2VEEwKb Today in Focus podcast ► https://ift.tt/2D74a4z Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://ift.tt/2feoDdN The Guardian ► https://ift.tt/1AFLGzy The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► https://ift.tt/1J9JUwL Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► https://ift.tt/1yECE17 Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► https://ift.tt/16bR6H2 Further reading: For the Compton Cowboys, Horseback Riding Is a Legacy, and Protection ► https://ift.tt/2GmaAiN Evoking History, Black Cowboys Take to the Streets ► https://ift.tt/2Uuy3DH The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartlandhttps://https://ift.tt/3e8rfEd Where have all the black cowboys gone? ► https://ift.tt/3aJ02VR Black ranching frontiers ► https://ift.tt/3jB18ah Black cowboys: Creole trail rides showcase unique culture ► https://ift.tt/2O2tEpe The black cowboys of Mississippi ► https://ift.tt/2G7NptE https://ift.tt/3e7AlRw The lesser known history of African American cowboys ► https://ift.tt/2gWcpEd https://ift.tt/3mv7Pwn