Legendary African-American cowboy was well-known and liked in this region By BOB SILBERNAGEL Jun 25, 2023 Updated Jul 29, 2024 4 min to read Courtesy of the Lower Valley Heritage Center in Fruita ...

Doyle’s work not only challenges the stereotypes of cowboy culture, but also the African-American community and preconceptions of the rural South.

But before Walker, who died in 2014 at 67, made a living in the entertainment world, he made a name for himself as an African American cowboy working in the Cowtown Rodeo in Woodstown in South Jersey.

It's not uncommon to see a romanticized version of the American West and the cowboy lifestyle but often missing from early movies television shows, and even photographs of the West, African-Americans.

The unique two-day rodeo, organized by the American Black Cowboy Association and benefited Urban League branches in New Jersey, was written up in the Asbury Park Press on July 21, the day after.