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Black Cowboys

Zaron Burnett’s dad didn’t want slavery to be his son’s only image of Black people in American history. So every night, he filled Zaron’s dreams with these incredible stories of Black cowboys. Despite... Read more

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Sweet Daddy Grace: The Gospel According to Daddy

Sweet Daddy Grace: The Gospel According to Daddy

Since she was a little girl, Marcy DePina felt drawn to a man called Daddy Grace, a charismatic immigrant from Cabo Verd... Read more

19 Jul 2023

27mins

Ranked #2

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Chapter 9: Cinematic Black Cowboys

Chapter 9: Cinematic Black Cowboys

Zaron grew up watching Westerns with Pop, and together they explore the history of Black cowboys on the big screen. Lea... Read more

14 May 2021

47mins

Ranked #3

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Chapter 8: Panhandle Slim

Chapter 8: Panhandle Slim

When a young white college kid named Patrick meets up with a singing Black cowboy named Panhandle Slim, a whole world is... Read more

6 May 2021

30mins

Ranked #4

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Chapter 7: Bill Pickett

Chapter 7: Bill Pickett

Bill Pickett, the greatest showman of Wild West. A Black cowboy born free, in 1870, in Travis County, Texas. He invented... Read more

15 Apr 2021

48mins

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Chapter 6: Stagecoach Mary

Chapter 6: Stagecoach Mary

Stagecoach Mary was a woman on her own in the world, who did most of her hard living after the age of 40. She lived with... Read more

1 Apr 2021

43mins

Ranked #6

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Chapter 5: Chief John Horse

Chapter 5: Chief John Horse

Long before the divisive question of slavery was finally settled in the Civil War, there were the Seminole Wars — three ... Read more

25 Mar 2021

53mins

Ranked #7

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Chapter 4: The First Black Cowboy, Esteban the Negro

Chapter 4: The First Black Cowboy, Esteban the Negro

The story of Black cowboys begins not on horseback riding the high plains, but with horses tied up on Spanish ships ridi... Read more

11 Mar 2021

49mins

Ranked #8

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Chapter 3: The Lawman Bass Reeves

Chapter 3: The Lawman Bass Reeves

Bass Reeves was the most lethal lawman in the wild west. Over his 32-year career Reeves arrested more than 3,000 alleged... Read more

4 Mar 2021

45mins

Ranked #9

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Chapter 2: The Outlaw Cherokee Bill

Chapter 2: The Outlaw Cherokee Bill

The most famous Black outlaw from the wild west era was a Cherokee Freedmen, the mixed son of a Buffalo soldier and Cher... Read more

25 Feb 2021

50mins

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Chapter 1: Nat Love, the toughest black cowboy.

Chapter 1: Nat Love, the toughest black cowboy.

In this episode we meet Nat Love, the toughest Black Cowboy. But Nat Love’s life was more than just wild horses and gunf... Read more

18 Feb 2021

36mins

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