Bay Area cowboy culture spreads Black pride, inspires kids

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Cowboy Jordan Miller mounts his horse. “Just the fact that there's this culture, this Black community just hidden out here in the hills of the East Bay just kind of blew my mind, because it is one of the safest, warmest, fun communities I've met in a long time,” says photographer Gabriela Hasbun.

Cowboy Jordan Miller mounts his horse. “Just the fact that there's this culture, this Black community just hidden out here in the hills of the East Bay just kind of blew my mind, because it is one of the safest, warmest, fun communities I've met in a long time,” says photographer Gabriela Hasbun. Photo by Gabriela Hasbun.

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Host:

Marisa Lagos

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Angie Perrin, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Brian Hardzinski, Bennett Purser, Marcelle Hutchins, Nihar Patel, Robin Estrin