His great-grandfather, an enslaved cowboy, inspired Larry Callies to showcase the Black cowboy legacy through the Black Cowboy Museum in Texas.
For nearly 200 years, parallel yet separate narratives of Black and white cowboys existed, with the former largely unseen until recent times.
Modern figures like Beyoncé and organizations like Compton Cowboys and the Bill Pickett invitational rodeo are shedding light on the Black cowboy legacy.
The resurgence of interest in Black cowboys raises the question of why their history has been largely overlooked for so long, highlighting the challenge of awakening a nation to forgotten narratives.
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