Kansas City-area Black cowboy, author and historian Trea Venerable has spent the last decade fighting to correct a story he says America keeps getting wrong: Black cowboys are not a rarity, an anomaly or a modern diversity, equity and inclusion invention. They never were.
Black cowboys are the original cowboys and their legacy is still alive in families like Venerable’s own, and on ranches and in riding communities here and across the country.
Now, thanks to renowned actor, director and producer Jordan Peele, Venerable gets to take that message to a national audience as a featured voice in “High Horse,” a documentary series produced by Peele. The documentary spotlights the hidden history of Black cowboys and the communities that have carried the culture forward…