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Photographer Shares an inside look at the Modern-day Black Rodeo Circuit to shed light on the Untold History of African American Cowboys and Celebrate their Rich Heritage
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | June 22, 2020

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: cowboys; rodeo
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To: Cecily

25 per cent of cowboys were African American”

This claim became popular recently but I’ve never seen any research to back it up. There weren’t many blacks total in the west (census data) so I don’t know how they break out “cowboys”. Anybody know where this idea is from?


21 posted on 06/22/2020 12:16:51 PM PDT by Varda
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To: Varda

Cowboys didn’t start in the West. Not sure the percentages, but men using horses to herd and govern cross the demographic spectrum. Some of the better hands I’ve seen came out of Hawaii; another group that has a ‘rich’ history in cattle.


22 posted on 06/22/2020 12:21:29 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Cecily

It’s not a Rodeo. It’s a bro’deo. BLM


23 posted on 06/22/2020 12:22:17 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: Cecily

There are quite a few black cowboys today. Some compete in the regular rodeos and the black rodeos. There is an Indian circuit also. The black rodeos do let whites compete. My son used to team rope with a bunch of black guys and rodeoed with them. Folks that live the western life style tend to be fairly conservative.


24 posted on 06/22/2020 12:27:11 PM PDT by Himyar (Comes A Stillness/ God Bless Robert E. Lee)
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To: Cecily
"A positive story to offset all the negative ones happening right now."

To the BLM crowd, and the rest of the anarchists, no history is important, and the black men who participated in the past, and those that still participate in the rodeo, cattle herding, etc., are sell-outs, Uncle Toms, and not really black. It makes me sick that many blacks don't know or care about their own history, but are ready to destroy everybody else's history.

25 posted on 06/22/2020 12:30:06 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Theoria

Yes, I know. I’m just asking about the demographic claim.


26 posted on 06/22/2020 12:30:21 PM PDT by Varda
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I stuns me they ruined a mans life over standard cowboy humor.


27 posted on 06/22/2020 12:30:30 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Cecily

The photographer claims it’s been ignored - I guess he hasn’t heard of the cowboy museum in OKC.
They spent Juneteenth showing pics from their vast collection.


28 posted on 06/22/2020 12:38:27 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Leon Coffey has been the headliner rodeo clown at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo for over 20 years - a crown favorite. He had to be 60 or older last time I saw him and was amazingly athletic.


29 posted on 06/22/2020 12:41:24 PM PDT by jagusafr
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To: Varda

No caballeros?


30 posted on 06/22/2020 12:41:34 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: GnuThere

Never heard of buffalo soldiers either...


31 posted on 06/22/2020 12:42:42 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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I guess at best most folks blacks only had a mule.
Festus rode a gol dang mule!


32 posted on 06/22/2020 12:45:30 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Census data from the 19th century was pretty simple. Caballeros were mostly classified as white. The other choices were black, Indian and Chinese in 1880. The extremely racist/ethnic census didn’t start until the 1980’s.


33 posted on 06/22/2020 12:47:54 PM PDT by Varda
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And quite frankly, horses are not indigenous to the Americas, so how did the cowboy become the icon of America?

Hell, the Polish taught us to ride horses, it is how the cavalry was born in America


34 posted on 06/22/2020 12:50:59 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

***I stuns me they ruined a mans life over standard cowboy humor.***

I first saw that clown act back in 1968. It has been a staple of rodeos for years, until Obama, then it was declared racist, even though all the other Presidents had their turn fighting the bull.


35 posted on 06/22/2020 12:51:49 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Cecily

Bookmark


36 posted on 06/22/2020 12:53:48 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Varda
Like taking a modern political poll, do you prefer:

A: a hot poker in your ***?
B: a hot poker in your eye?
C: Joe Biden?

37 posted on 06/22/2020 12:53:51 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Cant have any fun anymore.


38 posted on 06/22/2020 12:54:41 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Varda

That mongol guy, Khan knew nothing of horses. /s


39 posted on 06/22/2020 12:56:41 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

all the other Presidents had their turn fighting the bull.

Cowboy poets... LOL


40 posted on 06/22/2020 12:59:29 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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