‘A history that’s been suppressed’: the Black cowboy story is 200 years old

A century later, the invisibility of Black men and women who settled the west from the late 1860s to the 1890s is seen as part of the post-civil war backlash against Black economic and political gains. "Racism reached its zenith in the early 20th century in the US, so the things Black people have done have been swept under the rug," says Art T Burton, a western historian...

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/ng-interactive/2024/may/19/black-cowboys-cowgirls-rodeos