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Delta Hill Riders 

Black American Cowboys and Cowgirls of the Mississippi Delta photographed by Rory Doyle.

“Being a Delta Hill Rider is like being a member of a biker club. They have been riding horses for generations, and they take great pride in passing down the skills – riding, grooming, competing – from one generation to the next. The riders go to R&B clubs dressed as cowboys and the DJ will play cowboy songs and zydeco music. To begin with, I had very minimal knowledge of the deep history of Black cowboys.” (x)

“It’s estimated that just after the Civil War, one in four cowboys were Black American. Yet this population was drastically underrepresented in popular accounts, and it is still. The ‘cowboy’ identity retains a strong presence in many contemporary Black communities.” (x)

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