African-American Cowboy - PART 1

[@gvisitor123]

Great Black American History. Keep it posted! I never knew.

[@hpylori7]

Great job of making a video that keeps the history of the Black "cowboy" alive. We have always had to take backstage to the others even though our skills were just as good or better. Fred Whitfield clearly made his way to the top on his great skills and the experiences of those who care before him. This should be on PBS.

[@Rideemwear]

Love this :) Thanks for all your efforts to produce this.

[@leemorales3884]

long live all Cowboys, Black, Mexican, White, Indian etc -TX

[@ezrael6795]

Word

[@steppinback1]

Very well done. Many doors have been opened due to the work done by these men . Let us continue to share the history and encourage our youth to be even better. Jan Steppin Back Guest Ranch

[@VIVAELLCHEE1967]

Great video. I just found this wonderful photo doc on youtube on Black Cowboys too. I cant add a link. But here on youtube put Black Cowboys at the Annenberg Center Lots of AMAZING black and white PHOTOS!

[@48granger]

Great history info of Black Cowboys to pass forward. Peace. Lizz

[@ghostwriter769]

My best Video on You Tube. Thank You. True about the west African connection.

[@brwneyesaz]

Great historical video. Thank you. Is this on DVD?

[@smpenn]

This is great- will be using this in a lesson plan for high schoolers!

[@witchttripper4725]

I got to meet Harold Cash a couple years ago. Felt like I was hanging out with my grandpa.

[@joshua626]

YEEHA!!! Beaumont, Texas is in the house.

[@drpyro5]

yup I m a black cowboy in Illinois

[@joycefitzpatrick4204]

what a great documentary about the original cowboys! Black cowboys have always been around and it's a shame that they were not recognized by history as contributors to American history!!! I love this and am so glad to see someone take the initiative to create this!!! I am also an independent filmmaker and created a documentary on Mary Fields or Stagecoach Mary as she was know, who lived and worked in Cascade, Montana as the 1st black female who delivered U.S.. mail via a horse carriage, or some say a stagecoach. She battled increment weather, wild animals and even criminals to deliver the mail on time through rain, sleet and snow - sound familiar? I think the quote came from her history!! Please check out my promo for "Discovering Mary" and thank you for your support of African-American Western History!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHKcpoyXrNtjn7c

[@CaptJimmysLivingTheDreamFishin]

Great video.... Alot of my old friends are on there..... See'n that video,and even some of the faces, brought back memories from my youth rodeo'n on sunday afternoons at all the arenas in area, RV ranch and robert jackson, T diamond ranch, Wharton, Arthur Pruits, Wards blue room arena, Angleton, Dickinson, Hambone Edwards Jones Creek arena, kendelton, Egypt (north or south) arena. .

[@tize8310]

Cowboy culture is a mix of African + European traditions. The Fulanis of W. Africa were known for their brush burning & open grazing techniques to raise cattle. Plus the migratory routes taken by early American cowboys mimics that of the Fulani people, and not europeans. And it just so happens that a large number of Fulani people were deported to North America to work on cattle ranches. But, I understand the job of any good eurocentrist is to deny any African contribution to American culture.

[@joeguzman3558]

When i was a little boy in Laredo texas our next door neighbor was African Americans and all the family used to ride horses, in the border towns we didn't care what color or nationality any body was we all helped whit everything

[@yandel3218]

problem is that in usa. cowboy image is way way different from mexico

[@cecesmith9017]

Great video

[@WonderWomanFan4life]

I love it. my uncle was a cowboy he is dead now but most of my family from Texas were rancher, country people i am glad that we have YT so that the Real truth can come out becuase trust me we have been DUPED on many things.

[@Ancient7Seven11]

We still cowboys in the South

[@sxyhelen2006]

AWESOME VIDEO!

[@AudreyTucker]

This is great video showing us

[@bluetraffic100]

Thank you

[@CaptJimmysLivingTheDreamFishin]

Who remembers some of the Bulls, like yellow 8, 88 and 99 bad ripple of Mr. Franks, V61, white lightning, hippy, psychodelic, 30 hat rack, 320 Rodeo Red of Sloan Willaims. Who was at RV ranch when 320 rodeo red jumped the fence and swam the swamp..... man, those were the days.. Willie, James Thomas, Clinton, Myrtis, Bailey, Hoppy, cold duck, all the Jackson clan, Harold, Freddy, Charlie Davis, Oklahoma Slim, Blue, Im forgettin some. But, they will always be special friends in my heart... .

[@CherylHineslynn]

loved the video...

[@ezrael6795]

I love 5:51 "the racism didn't come from cowboys but came from the town's people" i agree 100%

[@yianchahdebanyas5083]

Long live the cowboys of all colors, shapes, and sizes ! Representing down south GA !

[@VIVAELLCHEE1967]

I agree and also those Spaniards were the first white Europe folks to bring the horse into the AMericas when they conquered the new world over 100 yrs before the British came here.

[@raulsarabia6834]

VIVAELLCHEE1967

[@ghostwriter769]

You are so right.

[@BaldDogM71]

I enjoyed watching the video I have alot of good friends that I rodeoed with that are black cowboys I got the upmost respect for them

[@JacYates]

When you doubt something look it up, names, places events.

[@blackcowbooy]

my grandpa told me the same thing

[@GALLEN-vf7uy]

Nice to know...

[@dreh.d2351]

Rest in peace MR FLOYD FRANKS

[@bndl98]

wow I'm glad I know now

[@charlesbyrd1815]

"Awesome."

[@joeguzman3558]

When you grow up in a ranch or farm whit horses, cows ,dogs, exetera exetera you have more respect for everything

[@MrSpa1n]

cowboys are origanly from spain then to mexico and south america since mexico and western us are together that culture blended the outfit all a form of the spanish boots hats all that = spanish i went to this mueseam in spain and i learned how all that came from there

[@cowboyfairley2038]

Black cowboys turn up🙏💪🏾😇

[@tize8310]

Cowboys didn't come from Spain or Mexico. Cowboy culture is a creole culture that incorporates West African Fulani ranching and migratory techniques with Spanish/Mexican rodeo traditions. In fact is was (black)slave cattle ranchers that were first referred to as "cowBOYS" as apposed to whites who were called "cattleMEN". The famous bulldogging technique even comes from an infamous African-American cowboy. Cowboy culture is no more (white)Spanish than it is (black)West African in origin.

[@newvibes789]

Ridiculous cowboys come from Spain then Mexico in particular Texas as Americans started flooding into Texas. Africans were tending to cows but on horseback as the cowboys were. Blacks did become cowboys but they did not create the cowboy. You're perpetuating a total distortion of history.

[@arturosegura3863]

The real cowboy was born in Mexico, Spain just brought our horses.

[@JoeCountry1]

Although cowboys are from the country, they don't necessary relate to country music.

[@tiffianyandrews9902]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO! 😍And I LOVE MY BLACK COWBOY!😍

[@ladieslad616]

howdy fellas. black or white don't make anyone any less human.

[@Mariamparker]

it is.lol.

[@lohaiza216]

Cowboys originated in Mexico NOT Spain Spaniards were wranglers not Cowboys. Cowboys were the Mexicans. Spain came and planted their ranches in Mexico and made Mestizos work in them from these Mestizos invented many footwear and headgear to help them. This is were the cowboy hat and boots come from. Mexicans developed it into it was today. There are NO Cowboys in Spain. Later American settlers adopted the Mexican culture and from that arose the American Cowboy.

[@ghetuyi]

+Lohaiza 21 No the Cowboys originated in West Africa with the Fulanis and Hausa who've been doing for thousands of years. Those two groups were brought to the United States as slaves.

[@motherlovegoodwin7821]

THIS IS THE BUTT NAKED TRUTH-- WHAT WE HAD TO GO THRU THENAND NOW

[@Amarillo1444]

Ok there was indeed a small a amount of black cowboy but to say they are the original cowboys is a stretch and a lie.

[@ALIENDNA14]

No, it's not a stretch... Didn't you actually listen, to what these men were talking about? Even if we were to go back as far, as to the Spaniards, then you're also dealing with the Moors - that were a dark-skinned to Black people - and their introduction of the Arabian horses and husbandry, into Spain... Learn about some real damn history, you ignoramus...

[@richardmontonio1486]

Please enjoy mexican culture.

[@filipsperez]

Blacks were the first cowboys that is some funny shit! what a joke. You want to see the real cowboys look up Mexican Charreadas, so that you can get some perspective on reality. Funny shit though. Just so that you know, Hawaiians were cowboys before the Americans were. The king of Hawaii sent Mexicans to teach hawaiians how to be cowboys because there were too many cows roaming freely. Just so that you Know, the King of Spain allowed Mexicans to ride horses in the 1500s after the fall of the Mexican Empire. These Mexicans were the first cowboys and they actually joined the Spanish in conquering the Americas. Mexicans went as far north as Alaka and to the Philipines, the Carribean and Central America. The charreada is the National Sport of Mexico and Americans learned these skills fromt he Mexicans. Evidence of this are all the Mexican words associated with being a cowboy,, Mecate- rope, chaparrerras- chaps...

[@yandel3218]

@@tize8310 IM SORRY BUT THATS A FUCK NOO. COWBOY CULTURE IN USA CAME FROM MEXICO. COME ON NOW

[@hbettis05]

I love these guys!