Tinka Nichols
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One in every four cowboys was believed to be a Black man released from slavery despite the stories told in popular books and movies although the most famous cowboys of the old west were white.

A lot of documented historical facts and people ? You just weren’t allowed to know.
10:23 AM - Mar 25, 2023
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Rod Mesa
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In response to Tinka Nichols.
Native Americans as well.
12:18 PM - Dec 23, 2023
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Eddie Sangalang
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In response to Tinka Nichols.
About the same percentage were Mexican vaqueros.
11:20 PM - Aug 31, 2023
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Indigo
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09:46 PM - Aug 31, 2023
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Bruno and Augie’s Dad
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In response to Tinka Nichols.
A side note worth mentioning: King Kamehameha hired Mexican vaqueros to train Hawaiian paniolos a few decades before there were any white cowboys in Texas. Plus, paniolo just sounds cooler than cowboy.
01:42 AM - Jul 21, 2023
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✨Witchy Woman✨
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In response to Tinka Nichols.
Pretty much anything wp did that was cool was stolen from black culture.

The last original thought a wp had was "let's see what's on the other side of that ocean"
07:50 AM - Mar 26, 2023
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Rusty Miller
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In response to Tinka Nichols.
The book about legendary frontiersman Bass Reeves, Black Gun Silver Star, is a fantastic read and look into the unspoken history of the Wild West.

Yup, the real Lone Ranger was a black man, y'all.
01:38 PM - Mar 25, 2023
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Rebecca E
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In response to Tinka Nichols.
PBSNewshour did an excellent in-dept news story on the plight of Black farmers/cowboys on last night's program. https://www.pbs.org/newsho...
01:05 PM - Mar 25, 2023
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Kinzie Mat
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In response to Rebecca E.
Ohhhh TY TY: for sure checking out!!!
10:05 AM - Mar 26, 2023
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Arthur Grupp
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In response to Rebecca E.
Yes but it’s been going on since the 20’s! Not one administration from then to now has been able to do anything to rectify that racist treatment. One hundred years plus and counting. Maddening!
10:13 AM - Mar 26, 2023
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Lilhistorian
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In response to Tinka Nichols.
This is true. I wrote an article about the fact that whites dominated movies, tvs. Nobody would publish it. Related, there was a dude ranch in CA open only for Black Americans. Wonderful history by Lynn Downey, well researched.
American Dude Ranch
01:00 PM - Mar 25, 2023
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Lilhistorian
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In response to Lilhistorian.
If interested, I posted the article on my own website.
https://www.americamoreorl...
12:01 PM - Mar 26, 2023
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Canucklehead
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In response to Tinka Nichols.
And in some states they will continue to not know. SMDH 😕
12:23 PM - Mar 25, 2023
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Tinka Nichols
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In response to Canucklehead.
The information can still spread. More so now than ever. Outmaneuver them.
02:10 PM - Mar 25, 2023
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