Ahead of 2024 Texas Black Invitational Rodeo, a look at the history of Black cowboys in the U.S.

Cowboys of Color, which celebrates cultures long excluded from Western stories, says one in every four cowboys in the nation is Black.

[@jayjacobson3057]

Great piece of history. Thanks for sharing.😊

[@Dakatari]

Yee Haw! This is awesome. Not enough stories are told about the Black cowboys(Bass Reeves) and their contributions to this great country.

[@MatthewYoink]

Well yeah, they also made up a majority of tradesmen in the south during reconstruction up till that nasty business in Oklahoma.

[@halenatherepublicanprinces8260]

😎

[@RByrdsong099]

This man is soft shoeing history. They called white man who did the same job cattlemen. The word cowboy was and still is derogatory.