Posted on 06/16/2018 11:45:00 AM PDT by BBell
Rory Doyle’s ongoing personal project shares the story of African-American cowboy culture in the rural Mississippi Delta, challenging the Hollywood portrayal of the American cowboy. The work highlights the black cowboys and cowgirls in the Delta as a proud group existing beyond the movie image of the American West.
The project began in early 2017 when Doyle attended a rodeo celebrating black cowboy heritage in the region. Over the past year, he’s documented this band of horse riders in a place not typically known for its cowboys.
A recent article from Smithsonian magazine estimated that one in four cowboys was African-American following the Civil War, yet this population was drastically underrepresented in popular accounts. “Delta Hill Riders” sheds light on a prominent subculture historically overlooked, even in the Mississippi Delta.
Born in 1983, Maine native Doyle is currently based in Cleveland, Miss., the heart of the Delta. Doyle’s editorial work highlights populations in the region that are often unnoticed or underserved. Along with his series about African-American Delta cowboys, he has documented the growing Latino population in an area most known for its black and white history. Doyle’s publication list includes the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, ESPN’s “The Undefeated,” Getty Images, Vox Media and the Financial Times. He also provides marketing imagery for Delta State University.
Doyle has twice assisted Ron Haviv, photographer and co-founder of VII, while he instructed the documentary photography course for Barefoot Workshops in Clarksdale, Miss.
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No, it just means he got into the industry rather late in its historical development. In the 1860s and early 1870s, there were no fences.
There was definitely a lot of mixing between blacks and Indians after the Civil War. My family tree is a testament to that.
I do find it quite hilarious though.
They made it back during that Writer’s strike some years ago.
“Just leave him alooooone” Hahaha. Surprising but not really. Horses do occasional attack predators when threatened.
That’s great. Maybe you could help by posting requests like mine. That’s the only way I can help, other then my small donations.
“How about U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves. First black Marshal west of the Mississippi. Apprehended over 3,000 outlaws (only had to shoot 14 of them), took his oath seriously, arrested his own son for murder charges.”
I first heard of Bass Reeves on the History channel. He was featured in Legends And Lies as well as Gunslingers.
Bass was a runaway slave who hid out in the Indian Territory until slavery was abolished.
He was recruited because of his knowledge of the Territory and the Indian languages.
Bass was once himself accused of the murder of a posse cook, he stood trial and was acquitted.
Bass died in 1910 of nephritis.
There is a statue of Bass Reeves in Fort Smith, AR.
Quite the man and character.
“I was once driving in downtown Baltimore, and three Black dudes were riding horses. I was so confused...”
Also, I think it must have been a thing to do around the turn of the 20th Century. When I visited Russia, I was told that, during communism, there were urban stables with the same sort of arrangements. Some things in Russia sort of froze in time during the communism years. I think that was one of them. Another thing was the ice cream. Prior to communism, Carnation had sold ice cream there. Under communism, they kicked out Carnation but kept the same recipe, vanilla only, and made it exactly the same way for decades. By comparison to modern commercial recipes in teh US, the old-fashioned Russian vanilla was very good.
Typical libtard
He was not the owner. It was not a hobby. And yes, I believe this was as a young man before he found better work.
Most people think of the Mississippi delta as being the Mississippi River delta. But the state of Mississippi’s Delta region is the northwestern part of the state. All the little creeks and rivers flowing into the Mississippi River get sluggish and swampy in delta-like conditions. “The Delta” is just south of Memphis and north of Vicksburg.
You have a great “about page” !!!
Most people think of the Mississippi delta as being the Mississippi River delta. But the state of Mississippi’s Delta region is the northwestern part of the state. All the little creeks and rivers flowing into the Mississippi River get sluggish and swampy in delta-like conditions. “The Delta” is just south of Memphis and north of Vicksburg.
You have a great “about page” !!!
Great Grandpa Lurkin “rode fence” on the Irvine Ranch. Does that mean he was bottom rung?
Generally speaking, yes.
Unless he was the owner of said ranch.
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It is so odd...all of us “rode fence” one time or another. Maintaining fence integrity was actually everyone’s responsibility. I don’t recall any one person having to do it as a “responsibility”. But then I was young and wasn’t familiar with doling out job responsibilities.
Oops!, Sorry! Sent a post to you that was intended for Windflier.
This is the kind of thing that American and the American black community needs badly. Lot’s of stories like this.
The local cowboys do try to work with some young folks from New Orleans in a Mentorship sort of way.
Must have had an interesting live.
A young man ought to explore the world and do things before he settles down and raise a family.
And not have a “midlife crisis” and do crazy things.
Good for him!
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