The black cowboys of the Mississippi Delta

It’s estimated that just after the Civil War, one in four cowboys were African American. In his series ‘Delta Hill Riders’, photographer Rory Doyle takes us inside the often overlooked black cowboy culture within the Mississippi Delta, challenging one of America's greatest myths surrounding the Wild West. 

Video by Sophia Ahmadi

Promo photo by Rory Doyle

23 February 2022