The Lesser-Known History of African-American Cowboys | History ...
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Feb 13, 2017 - Few images embody the spirit of the American West as well as the trailblazing, sharpshooting, horseback-riding cowboy of American lore. And though African-American cowboys don't play a part in the popular narrative, historians estimate that one in four cowboys were black. Black cowboys - Wikipedia
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Black cowboys in the American West accounted for up to 25 percent of workers in the range-cattle industry from the 1860s to 1880s, estimated to be between 6,000 and 9,000 workers. Typically former slaves or born into the families of former slaves, many black men had skills in cattle handling and headed West at the end of ... 10 African-American Cowboys Who Shaped The Old West - Listverse
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Apr 4, 2016 - Many of us grew up watching Westerns on TV and at the movies. Seldom did anyone other than a white person play the hero. Books and textbooks also presented a heavily whitewashed picture of the Old West. However, the real Wild West was filled with colorful characters of all races and creeds. America's forgotten black cowboys - BBC News
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Mar 22, 2013 - The most common image of the cowboy is a gun-toting, boot-wearing, white man - like John Wayne, or Clint Eastwood. But the Hollywood portrayal of the Wild West is a whitewashed version of the reality. It is thought that, on some Texas trails, about a quarter of cowboys were black. Little Known Black History Fact: Black Cowboys | Black America Web
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Nov 19, 2012 - Although the most famous cowboys of the old west were white men like Roy Rogers and Billy the Kid, one in four of America's cowboys were African-A History Of Black Cowboys And The Myth That The West Was White ...
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/.../black-cowboy-photography_us_5882237fe4b070...
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