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The Fletcher Street Riding Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization devoted to inner-city horsemanship in North Philadelphia. Part of a century-long tradition of black cowboys and horsemanship in Philadelphia, local horsemen maintain and care for horses and teach neighborhood youth to do so. They encourage academic excellence and provide ...
In 1984, W. Wilson Goode (b. 1938) became Philadelphia's first black mayor. Goode's administration was followed by black mayors John Street (b. 1943) and Michael Nutter (b. 1957). [49] Many black Philadelphia natives have moved to the suburbs or to Southern cities such as Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Birmingham, Memphis, San Antonio and Jackson ...
Black Cowboys in the American West: On the Range, on the Stage, behind the Badge. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-5406-0. Katz, William Loren; Taylor, Quintard (2019). The Black West: a documentary and pictorial history of the African American role in the westward expansion of the United States. Golden, Colorado: Fulcrum Publishing.
Historians estimate that 1 in 4 American cowboys were Black but you would be hard pressed to find a movie genre whiter than the Western. “Concrete Cowboy,” an urban Western about African ...
Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia) Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society; The Philadelphia Independent (1931–1971) The Philadelphia Negro; 1834 Philadelphia race riot; Philadelphia Reparations Task Force; Philadelphia Stars (baseball) The Philadelphia Tribune
Now in its 33rd year, the Bill Pickett Rodeo brings together the best black cowboys and cowgirls out there as well as rekindling the history and contributions African-Americans have made to the rodeo.
First African Baptist Church Historical Marker at 1600 Christian Street in Philadelphia. Some people contend that the designation of Black Doctors Row as an historic district minimizes the vast heritage of African-Americans in the city of Philadelphia, further stating that this designation is excessively narrow and may be an indication of elitism.
Jim and Gloria Austin opened the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum in 2001 to educate the community about the importance of the diverse history of Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous cowboys.