I love “Hidden Figures” style studies in cultures that are under-served, because they deserve more time and attention. I had first heard of the Compton Cowboys group early last year, and immediately went into record-scratch. Wait, what? An urban landscape like Compton has Black cowboys? I immediately desired the book and purchased it last summer. But I just got around to reading it now, because I’ve been hoarding books like no tomorrow. It’s more accurate to call this book an ethnography than a history, because […]
Real urban cowboys
The Compton Cowboys by Walter Thompson-Hernandez