Hoo-Doo Cowboys and Bronze Buckaroos

Hoo-Doo Cowboys and Bronze Buckaroos
by Michael K. Johnson
Adopted by
Madison Education Foundation (through Scott & LeAnn Holcomb)
on October 14, 2019
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Hoo-doo cowboys and bronze buckaroos : conceptions of the African American West

By Michael K. Johnson. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2014.

There has not been much scholarship published on the history of African Americans in the American West and this may be one of the reasons the average person may have misconceptions about that history. This is why titles such as Hoo-Doo Cowboys and Bronze Buckaroos are such a welcome addition to research collections. In this book the author, Michael Kyle Johnson, attempts to dispel some of the fictionalized characters and stereotypes associated with the African American West that we have seen in media over the years. It includes chapters with topics on African Americans in western-themed films and minstrel shows, the role of the “Black Westerner” in the Civil Rights Movement, and a fascinating final chapter titled The Post-Soul Cowboy on the Science Fiction Frontier.

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