The Black Cowboys Hollywood Tried to Hide | Riveted: The History of Jeans | American Experience
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- Take a minute and picture the cowboy. He’s got on his hat and boots, maybe a gun on each hip, and, of course, his well-worn blue jeans. This is the image of the cowboy made famous in movies, portrayed by men like John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and Gary Cooper. But wait. The real cowboys were (and still are) way more diverse than what people saw in the movies - and more and more Black cowboys are getting their due on the silver screen.
Intro: 0:01
"The Cowboy": 0:36
The True West: 1:39
Black Cowboys: 2:45
Black Westerns then and now: 4:05
Closing: 5:45
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Riveted: The History of Jeans reveals the fascinating and surprising story of this iconic American garment. At any given moment, half the people on the planet are wearing them. They have become a staple of clothing the world over, worn by everyone from presidents and supermodels to farmers and artists. More than just an item of apparel, America’s tangled past is woven into the indigo blue fabric. From its roots in slavery to its connection to the Wild West, youth culture, the civil rights movement, rock and roll, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop, jeans are the canvas on which the history of American ideology and politics is writ large.
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Great commentary. It's a shame how much early Hollywood has warped people's knowledge of actual history.
Thank you!
The first Hollywood picture was Birth Of A Nation- Nuf said LOL! Who expects Hollywood to tell you the truth about anything that involves the history of African Americans...Well that would be down right unAmerican . Ask the Indians .
My dad was a kid in the 1930s and 40s. He had favorites of both the white and black movie cowboys. And was well aware of the real black cowboys of the West. Even in his 70s and 80s he loved watching old cowboy movies. I guess back then cowboys were like Marvel movies.
This is great. I always include pictures of Black cowboys, but this is much better than anything I could say.
Aw, thanks!
I loved the character that Danny Glover played in Silverado. It was a good mix of the Wild West freedom aspect, along with displaying some of the racism that was still carried onto the frontier. AND, he was a badass with rifle.
Stagecoach Mary was the first woman, white or black, whom had a contract with the U.S. postal service to deliver rural mail..
As a Black Cowboy, I endorse this video!
This was always something I wondered about. Love this 🎉❤
This needs to be a longer and more in-depth documentary. I hope to see more hidden history, especially on achievements of black people.
I wish Denzel Washington would get a decent screen play on the life of Sam Bass and do the movie!!
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Good Information
My man bass I read about bruh in high school 🏫
What constitutes a ”cowboy”? Raising cattle? The attire? The profession?
And people complained about the little mermaid 😪 what an ignorante world
I love this. Thank you. I’d like Hollywood to make movies only with actors of color for several years, to wipe out a tiny bit of the whitewash.
Which would be blackwashing.
What about mexican vaqueros the ones who are the original northamerican cowboys and the ones who made the culture what it is today. Vaqueros which literally translates to cowboy were in the wild west before it was part of america when it was mexico and new spaint the 1st cowboys were mestizos or what we call mexicans now . The native americans (mexicans) had to work the feilds for the spaniards
Mexicans are the sons of the spainards and the mother of mexicans are the native american indian?
1. The video is about the tradition in the US.
2. Whereas the vaquero is well known and well attested in both academic and popular history, (as is evidenced by the comments section under videos about black cowboys) the significance of Africans in the ranch culture of the US almost entirely invisible.
3. The domesticated horse was brought to the Americas by Iberians, whose own equestrian culture owed a great deal to the Moorish presence, which was owed in significant part to West and Sahelian Africans.
@@andrewjohnson8232 Half the US was mexico at that time. The fact is, white spanish vaqueros were in texas in the 1500's, way before the black slaves made it to the USA. And the moors got it from their arab cousins, who got it from central asian khazak people, as khazakstan literally means "land of horses"
This short documentary hides the fact that there were many Black cowboy films or westerns in early cinema. A shame.
That goes against "THE NARRATIVE" I grew up in the 80s.....young black kid.....very interested Cowboys and westerns its ALL I watched and just about all I read. There were PLENTY of black westerns to watch and more books than I could ever get through
Mexican, native American cowboy
One can look at the 1880 census. 1/4 of the herder work force was not black. Not even close. Were there a few? Sure. But the fact is, trail drivers - mostly racist Texans - weren’t often open to ‘racial diversity.’ And line ranches we’re not either. Get your history right.
North American Cattle-Ranching Frontiers: Origins, Diffusion and Differentiation (Histories of the American Frontier)
So at 2:10 Aron says 1/8 -1/4. Real simple check. Run the 1880 census and keyword “herder”, “cowboy” and “cow boy.” The result? 12,946 cowboys of which 325 are black or a whopping 2.5%. Not anywhere close to 25%. Run it for 1870 and it is again 2.5%. Data and math are a thing.
And continuing this, this includes demographics east of the Missouri river where “herders” are working in roles significantly different than the traditional western cowboy.
So let’s use Colorado and Nebraska as test areas to look specifically at the prototype western cowboy.
CO: 1130 total and 999 where white or 85%
Black is 7.
Mexican 114.
NEB: 1431 and 1423 were white or a whopping 99.5%.
Black 4 or .3%
How about TX?: 94% white, 4% black. This even with a huge ex slave population.
In conclusion, if one did this for all the states of the West, there is most likely not going to be much more than 1% of the total ‘cowboy’ work force being black.
This is just another important historical data that highlights the contributions of African Americans to our country! The information has been intentionally banned from educational curriculums at all levels, especially HBCUs.
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The original cowboys were Mexican long before the movie cowboys
Spaniards*
Black guys started the cowboy 🤠 movement this is facts
Mexicans were more likely the first “Vaqueros”.. not white or black.. and the Chinese were major builders of the railroads.. and also had a lot of racial discrimination as well but..just like Native Americans..but they still aren’t the focus of racism as the media portrays..
Did you not pay attention to “People of color” and she said MEXICAN & you do know there are Afro Mexicans.
I personally don’t care if Cowboys are black, white, Mexican, Chinese, or whatever… I’m Asian, Pacific islander… I don’t complain about it, it’s no big deal… It’s just movies and television… Sometimes you go with a person who looks the best on film and the guy who is the best actor… I don’t care if he’s black, white, Asian, Latin American… Because there are Cowboys from South America… And Spain as well… It doesn’t matter… Things are always changing
THIS IS WHY MOST WESTERN MOVIES WAS ALWAYS BORING TO ME BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE BLACK PEOPLE IN THEM.
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