DeletedUser4754
on BBC Radio today 22/03/13 11:00am (201303221100)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21768669
"The most common image of the cowboy is a gun-toting, boot-wearing, white man - like John Wayne, or Clint Eastwood. But the Hollywood portrayal of the Wild West is a whitewashed version of the reality. It is thought that about a quarter of all cowboys were black."
probably worth tuning into, most BBC radio shows are available on the website for a week.
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tracey
and now something on the role of black women in the West, please BBC???
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21768669
"The most common image of the cowboy is a gun-toting, boot-wearing, white man - like John Wayne, or Clint Eastwood. But the Hollywood portrayal of the Wild West is a whitewashed version of the reality. It is thought that about a quarter of all cowboys were black."
probably worth tuning into, most BBC radio shows are available on the website for a week.
[MOD NOTE]
please move if you feel this should be in another forum, posted in Off Topic (even if it is on topic...). then peel me some grapes and bring me chocolate.
tracey
and now something on the role of black women in the West, please BBC???