Every time this gets posted, someone mentions Lil Nas X.
I mean, it would make a pretty badass album cover. Their facial expressions are serious.
Do we know today how high the percentage of black cowboys was? I could imagine classic western movies have lied to us in that department too …
“A significant number of cowboys were black, with some estimates giving figures as high as 25% nationwide for those on trail drives.”
No idea on numbers, but considering IRL cowboys were poor folks doing hard work nobody else wanted to do…probably quite a few black men 0-3 generations removed from slavery.
Why does their bottom half look like a car wash?
They’re chaps, with the fur still on like that it’s good for cold climates.
There are a couple of chaps in the photo most assuredly - the gentleman above asked what they were wearing on their legs 🤔
^laughs in bri’ish^