How Beyoncé Helped Bring Back Houston’s Black Cowboy Culture

It’s Beyonce weekend here in H-Town as Queen B takes over NRG for her Cowboy Carter tour. So, Host Raheel Ramzanali is talking to Dr. Alicia Odewale, National Geographic MasterClass professor, about how Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter album spotlights Black cowboy culture and how we can celebrate it in Houston. 

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Dive deeper with these resources recommended by Dr. Odewale: 

• Dr. Odewale’s MasterClass 
• Black Cowboys in the American West: On the Range, on the Stage, behind the Badge 
• The Black West: A Documentary and Pictorial History of the African American Role in the Westward Expansion of the United States
• Black Cowboys of the Old West: True, Sensational, And Little-Known Stories From History
• African American Women of the Old West
• The Black Cowboy Museum and Hall of Fame in Rosenberg, TX
• Black Heritage Day at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

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