My current self-supported project on Black cowboy culture off and on from nearly 30 years criss-crossing the country, which include family engagement showcasing intricate and complex riding skills and reaching back as four generations of rodeo, trail riding, buffalo soldier re-enactments and their arts. 

The legacy of this institution stretches back to the 1800’s when the word cowboy (one who worked farm animals) derived out of social customs that did not allow black males to be addressed as mister or men and boy was also a derogatory term for a black males that included not only cowboy, but house boy and field boy.

Interestingly enough and while perhaps most Americans may not know folks like Bill Pickett, Nat Love and Stage Coach Mary helped shaped one of the longest running legacies in the Black community that still exist and are thriving today in many such as the Bill Pickett Rodeo trail rides and celebrations.