Black Frontier Family Migration to Texas Story
Historical discussions of African American participation in frontier life continue to broaden understanding of the American West. One example appears at https://lonesomeaugustine.com/sure-as-a-gun-african-american-western-heroes
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The Wild West had heroes whose stories are rarely told. Discover the courage, resilience, and legacy of African American figures who helped shape frontier history.
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Read more: https://lonesomeaugustine.com/sure-as-a-gun-african-american-western-heroes/
Witness of the past, still standing. Once welcoming the people of one of California’s largest towns, it is now a place where your imagination can wander freely.
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Heaven of Boot Hill: A brief history of the end of Sheriff Henry Plummer—Bannock, Montana (1864)
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“Lies, lies, lies,” Sheriff Plummer yelled as the Vigilance Committee of Alder Gulch dragged him from his home. His tone was less than manly for a person of his stature. Coatless, breath steaming in the cold winter air, he had lost all his dignity.
“We caught some of them vermin you call friends. They told us all about you before we hung um,” a freight driver called from the crowd.
“You elected me to protect you. That’s what I’ve been doing.”
The hardworking folk of Bannock met his statement with scorn and jeers. Long plagued by bandits, they had no sympathy for an incompetent or corrupt sheriff. At this point, it didn’t matter which; someone would pay.
Horsehair Ned appeared behind Plummer, holding up a heavy bar of bullion. “Behind his stove. A whole heap of them, pretty as you please.”
If the sheriff had anything more to say, the catcalls drowned it. Only the minister and the blacksmith kept the crowd from tearing the captured man limb from limb: the minister appealing to their Christian morality, and the other to their desire not to have their heads crushed.
The uproar dimmed only when they reached the northern road where the miners held his deputies—Buck Stinson and Ned Ray—captive. The shadow of the gallows at the end of the road was having its effect.
Still, the crowd only grew larger as they progressed. Neither the gallows nor the blistering cold of Montana in January could keep them from making the long trek to the execution grounds.
“What ya looking at?” the district judge asked, noticing Plummer looking up the steep hill to the east. “Heaven or Boot Hill. Yea be going to one, sure as shooting, and not the tother.”
“What about a trial?” the man asked, tearing his eyes away from the slope.
“Don’t need one,” the judge said. “But if it makes you feel better, I hereby pronounce you, Henry Plummer, guilty.”
The truth lies within his grave, now lost in the dust.
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PHOTO ESSAY: Liv Hart shares her design thesis chronicling the queer cowboy history of the West
https://rainbowrodeomag.com/out-west-upending-the-white-straight-mythology-of-the-american-cowboy/
#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #WesternHistory #Cowboy #CowboyCulture #OutWest
We are blessed by Liv Hart's sharing part of her master's thesis in graphic design with us! This spread will eventually go into the Rainbow Rodeo zine. Here's an excerpt from the essay. You can read the rest in the attachment and get the full effect of Liv's design. "I dedicated two years, and my
The most common form of #RacialGaslighting that #AsianWomen must endure is that their hyper-sexualized #subjugation is a harmless compliment. High right-swipe rates of #Asian women by men of all races on dating apps are perceived as privilege, when it's #RacialFetishization. #racism & #sexism ; byproducts of violent & #imperialist #WesternHistory.
#Immigration of Asian women was #outlawed in #PageActOf1875 - #Chinese women #RaciallyProfiled as dirty prostitutes.
https://www.thelexingtonline.com/blog/2021/9/25/fetishization-asian-women
“I want to try my first Asian woman.” This was the opening line of a Tinder conversation that Lilian, a 20-something-year-old Asian-American woman, received in 2017. Lilian runs a meme account @thefleshlightchronicles on Instagram dedicated to humorously chronicling and exposing people
"Being on the Titanic just after it hits an iceberg isn't so bad. Even an hour or two later it's still manageable. The band is playing some calming music, and there's plenty of nice food to eat.
"It's the ongoing trend that's gotten me nervous."
Internet commenter, on current affairs.
As authoritarians try to tighten their grip in Florida and elsewhere, just a reminder that white people have been trying to find safety through sameness for a very long time. And it results in heartache and misery. Why? Because it's built on a lie.
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https://priscillastuckey.substack.com/p/37-the-logic-of-sameness#details
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