View image in fullscreen Larry Callies, founder of the Black Cowboy Museum, in Rosenberg on 20 May 2021. Photograph: Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty ImagesToday, it seems like modern Black cowboys and cowgirls are everywhere. Like a game of cultural Rashomon, every equestrian has a different perspective on what helped Black cowboy culture surface. Photograph: Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times/Getty ImagesThe following year, Chicago-area folk musician Dom Flemons released Black Cowboys, a storytelling album of Black people who shaped the west. “And it’s such a refreshing, eye-opening shock value thing to see a Black cowboy.

Source: The Guardian May 19, 2024 17:46 UTC