10 episodes

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 what Hollywood taught us, one-in-four cowboys were Black. Their stories tell a bigger, braver, more honest history of America.

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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 what Hollywood taught us, one-in-four cowboys were Black. Their stories tell a bigger, braver, more honest history of America.

    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.

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    • 47 min
    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 revealed through Slim's intimate "story songs."

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    • 30 min
    Chapter 7: Bill Pickett

    Chapter 7: Bill Pickett

    King of the Bullriders, Bronco-busters, and Bulldoggers

    • 48 min
    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 nuns in the daytime, drank whiskey with men in saloons at night. She was the first black woman to drive a wagon for the US postal service. Tough as she was, she was also known for the verdant lushness of her well-tended gardens. 
    Mary was a woman of dualities, and yet, also limitless complexities. Over time, her legend has outshined the facts of her life. This is the life and legend of Mary Fields, the toughest woman to ever call the west her home.

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    • 43 min
    Chapter 5: Chief John Horse

    Chapter 5: Chief John Horse

    Moses of the Black Seminoles

    • 53 min
    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 riding the high seas. Meet Esteban the Negro. Or Esteban the Moor. The Spanish called him Estevanico. Before his voyage and his adventures in North America are over, he will transform from a slave into a god. 

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    • 49 min

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