During the 1970s, Austin author and photographer Sarah Bird documented Black cowboy culture in Texas with images that now appear in her book "Juneteenth Rodeo." Bird on this image: "Whoever won ...

Black cowboys have made headlines in recent years. After the 2020 murder of George Floyd, images of Black protesters on horseback went viral, including the Compton Cowboys and other similar groups.

Black cowboys and cowgirls are finally getting their moment to shine in the mainstream. The recent films “Nope,” “The Harder They Fall” and “Concrete Cowboy” have burned images of ...

In Los Angeles, the Compton Cowboys use their horses and the farming lifestyle to uplift their community, while one of the most striking images from the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 was ...

[Photo: Stephane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images] Learning about the Black cowboys—and his own family’s place within this history—gave Burnett a more nuanced, complex understanding of how ...

"The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys in America" book cover Tarver ... "As it as I went on, I was really happy with the images but then I started seeing all this pushback," he says.

One of the most celebrated Texas books of 2024 was "Juneteenth Rodeo," with photos and an essay by Austin author Sarah Bird (University of Texas Press). It was everywhere: Perched on bookshelves ...