Giddyup: Riding Groups Tap Into Long History Of Black Cowboys

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July 10, 2020

Josh Crane

Members of the Compton Cowboys join a demonstration Sunday June, 7, 2020 in Compton, Calif., during a protest over the death of George Floyd who died May 25 after he was restrained by Minneapolis police. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Images of Black men and women riding horses at protests around the country have been going viral. But the history of Black cowboys goes all the way back to the creation of the American West. The Endless Thread team digs into this history, and looks at how Black riding groups are carrying this legacy forward today.

People march and ride horses to protest the death of George Floyd in Houston on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Floyd died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Show Notes:

Viral video of "The Nonstop Riders" at a protest in Houston
The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation Of Cowboys In America's Urban Heartland, by Walter Thompson-Hernandez (2020)
Walter Thompson-Hernandez's Reddit AMA about his writing
Episode of the podcast Still Processing about the controversy surrounding "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X

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