Herb Jeffries a.k.a. "The Bronze Buckaroo".
Posted on 06/22/2020 11:43:00 AM PDT by Cecily
A photographer has captured pictures of the modern-day Black rodeo circuit to pay homage to the untold stories of African American cowboys.
Atlanta, Georgia-based photographer Forest McMullin, 66, set out to explore the largely ignored history of Black cowboys in the United States, and during his search, he found a dedicated circuit of contemporary practitioners honoring their historical lineage.
'The history of African American cowboys and their role in settling the West has been largely ignored by historians and the media despite the fact that around 25 per cent of cowboys were African American,' he said.
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Agree, IMPRESSIVE people - and they were straight!
marsupials react by burning, looting, destroying things,- Liberals everywhere call for dismantling statues dedicated to big cats, demand that anything with a cat name in it be removed immediately-
woopps wrong thread-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH5j9s4wm8E
There is a very large portrait of him in every Longhorn Steakhouse (chain)
I met a distant relative of his - great conversation!
Herb Jeffries a.k.a. "The Bronze Buckaroo".
Out of curiosity, what exactly is a “rich heritage”? I’ve always found that phrase to be weird.
Not necessarily...cats and cowboys can go together.
lol nuttin like trying to herd cats
I’m all for it and would go see one of their rodeos. I think it would be big fun as long as it wasn’t turned into a BLM event.
BTTT
BTTT!
“Rich heritage” sounds like a history to be proud of, as opposed to a shameful heritage.
I hope none of the clowns wore an Obama mask.
Sure, but it’s the roping and branding they don’t want you
to see but otherwise how would the cats know who they
own?
Isn’t it amazing how one type of “heritage” is historic
and another is disparaged and in the process of destruction?
Yep. No mention of Mexican or white cowboys. Guess they didn’t exist.
I remember an old MOD SQUAD show in which they investigate a crime in a Rodeo. I remember the black guy on the show being the rodeo clown.
Would this image be considered “Blackface” or red eye?
I believe that many of the Florida “Crackers” i.e. Cowboys that used the crack of a whip as a herding device, were Black. I may be wrong, but it won’t be the first time.
Historic black colleges...
Are there no historic white colleges?
Oops, forgot that goes against socialist justice.
I do NOT consider my self “white”.
I am an AMERICAN!
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