Black cowboys were real.
Bass Reeves.
Nat Love.
John Ware.
Mary Fields.
They were lawmen, ranchers, and survivors of the American frontier.
History didn’t erase them.
It just stopped telling their story.
#BlackCowboys #HiddenHistory
the first cowboys lived in Mexico and the Caribbean, and most of them were Black.
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#blackcowboys #blackhistory #blacksky
@innercityhorsemanship, Black Royalty, shared the text and images below.
I started riding horses at the age of 5. My grandpa always had horses, so I grew up around them and naturally fell in love with it. Looking back, I truly
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#blackcowboys #blackpeople #horses #blacksky #addtoblacksky
Black cowboys were real.
Bass Reeves.
Nat Love.
John Ware.
Mary Fields.
They were lawmen, ranchers, and survivors of the American frontier.
History didn’t erase them.
It just stopped telling their story.
#BlackCowboys #HiddenHistory
A “Black Western” isn’t unusual.
After the Civil War, 1 in 4 cowboys were Black.
History recorded it. Hollywood just didn’t always show it.
Dark Prairie tells the other side of the American West.
champ.ly/l08tptdd
#BlackCowboys #BlackHistory
📅 Date: March 14, 2026
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Location: Howell Branch (Central Rappahannock Regional Library) 806 Lyons Boulevard, Fredericksburg, VA
Remember them. See you there! 🐎📖
#DarkPrairie #BlackHistory #MeetTheAuthor #BlackCowboys #FredericksburgVA #RepresentationMatters
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 25.
#LarryCallies aims to showcase the lifestyle of the American cowboy and preserve the legacy of the #BlackCowboys’ influence on Western culture.
www.houstonlanding.org/preserving-l...
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 25.
#LarryCallies is the founder of the #BlackCowboyMuseum. He was a country western singer until he lost his voice, but he did not lose his drive.
Founded in June 2017, this museum preserves the legacy of America's #BlackCowboys.
www.blackcowboymuseum.com
Tucked away in Pilot Knob, an unincorporated Central Texas community just south of McKinney Falls and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, the 45‑acre Alexander Farm feels worlds away from the city’s sprawl.
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#BlackCowboys #AlexanderFarm #EminentDomain #HighHorse
For Day 23 of the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, #DrunkBlackhistory shares the story of Bill Pickett, a famous cowboy and the first African American man inducted into the National Rodeo Hall of Fame.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BillPickett #BlackCowboys #BlackHistory365
History deserves accuracy.
Buy now:https://champ.ly/wLCQKWJ1
#BlackCowboys
And the monks had a mounted escort part of the way in So Carolina 😊 #Buddhist #monks #walkforpeace #horses #blackcowboys
A black-and-white photograph that shows as slightly blurry due to the motion in the scene. Taken during the annual African-American Day Parade in Harlem USA, spectators pet a horse's face that is ridden by a Black Cowboy. The energy and excitement of the spectators in petting the horse is palpable.
Daily Random #628
Black Cowboys at African American Day Parade
Harlem USA 2002
#BlackCowboys #Photography #Documentary
Photo essays & slideshows
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The University of Houston’s African American Studies Department is seeking Oral History surrounding Black Cowboys AND Cowgirls.
Contact: Aas@central.uh.edu 📧‼️
#BlackStudies #Texas #Louisiana #BlackCowboys #BlackCowgirls
The real West included Black cowboys — history must reflect that truth.
Book here:https://champ.ly/wLCQKWJ1
#History #BlackCowboys
The myth of an all-white West is just that: a myth. Dark Prairie centers Black cowboys where history forgot them.
Start reading today and see the West through a wider lens.
Buy Here:https://champ.ly/wLCQKWJ1
#BlackCowboys #Westerns #Books
Oh let’s go we got a documentary for us by us. #BlackCowboys 11/20 📺
HOUSTON, TEXAS: Children support the 68th annual Prairie View Trail Ride stops for a lunch break at their school in Houston, TX. The PRTRA makes frequent stops along the 87 mile trail at schools promoting “Black Western Heritage, advancing agricultural education, and fostering a strong community through equine and rodeo traditions,” officials said.(Brian Branch-Price/thefotodesk) . . #LEICAFOTOS #LEICACAMERAUSA #prairieviewtrailride #PVTRA #trailride #BLACKCOWBOYS #BLACKCOWGIRLS #childrenphotography
HOUSTON, TEXAS: Children support the 68th annual Prairie View Trail Ride stops for a lunch break at their school in Houston, TX. (Brian Branch-Price/thefotodesk)
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#LEICAFOTOS
#LEICACAMERAUSA
#prairieviewtrailride
#PVTRA
#trailride
#BLACKCOWBOYS
#BLACKCOWGIRLS
#childrenphotography
Folks Cowboys and Cowgirls Tonight Thursday August 21, 2025 around 9pm I’ll be live with Norman Bradley On BKS 1 radio network on Facebook Tune in @9 I’ll be taking about my docu-project about the “Original Cowboy:An American Institution.” Below is a foto of me by Frank Pham from Black Rodeo USA in Kansas City
#bpir
#brusa
#cinch
#wrangler
#activelyblack
#blackcowboys
#blackcowgirls
#leicacamerausa
play with those Black Cowboys if y'all want to!! #blackcowboy #blackcowboys
Join us August 16 at Cowtown Coliseum for two shows 1:30PM & 7:30PM featuring bull riding, barrel racing, and calf roping. Witness Black excellence in Western heritage. Secure tickets now for this celebration of history! Ticket Link in Bio! #BillPickettRodeo #BlackCowboys #WesternHeritage #DFWEvents
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Black cowboys getting their lick back.
1. Posse (1993) dir. Mario Van Peebles
2. The Harder They Fall (2021) dir. The Bullitts
#filmsky #movies #blackcowboys
Tribal elegance at the Black Cowboy Parade in Sacramento.
#BlackCowboys #AfricanPride #SacramentoCowboyFestival #CulturalRoots
Photos from the Black Cowboy Parade this weekend. This was so fun and so endearing to see the community support! #blackcowboyparade #blackcowboys #sacramento #oakpark
"Curators at #theAutry expanded on the original, more Texas-centric #BlackCowboys exhibition with a wing focusing on Black trailblazers who shaped #CA. This includes displays about Los Pobladores, the Black & Afro Mestizo settlers who helped found the city of Los Angeles," @leighann3000.bsky.social.
