talks about his book, black cowboys in the american west: on the range, on the stage, behind the badge , using images the professor uses the experience about the black cowboys. the tesoro cultural center in colorado hosted this event. i met cowboy mike at the western history association conference, it s a conference of academics from many universities and historians, and they give their papers and are recognized as western historians. i also would see him at these conferences at the western writers, which are authors. i have authored several books including the ft. cook book, and i was sitting next to cowboy mike, and i said what do you do, mike, i see you at all these conferences? he said, here s my book. i said, you re going to come and lecture for us. so i am delighted, because i have known mike for years and years and i just i should have had you here sooner, and now he brought c-span as well. so cowboy mike is the persona created by michael searies. beneath his blac
about black cowboys in the american west on the range, on the stage, behind the badge. using images professor searels discusses the experience of black cowboys from the early 19th century to the present day. the cultural center in morrison, colorado, hosted this event. i met cowboy mike at the western history association conference. a conference of academics from many different universities and historians and they give their papers and they are recognized as western historians, and then i also would see him at these conferences at the western writers, which are authors, and i have authored several books, including the fort cookbook. and so i was sitting next to cowboy mike. i said, what do you do, mike? i see you at all these conferences. and he said, here s my book. and i said, you re going to come and lecture for us. so i m delighted, because i have known mike for years and years, and i just i should have had you here sooner. but now he brought c-span as well. so, cowbo
and they give their papers and they are recognized as western historians. and i also would see him at conferences at the western writers, which are authors. i have authored several books including the ford cookbook. so i was sitting next to cowboy mike and said, what do you do? i see what all these conferences. [laughter] and he said, here s my book. and i said, you are going to come and lecture for us. [laughter] so i m delighted. i have known mike for years and years. and i just i should have had you here sooner. but now, he brought c-span as well. [laughter] huzzah! huzzah! so, cowboy mike is the persona created by michael searles, professor emeritus of history at augusta university, to help audiences better understand the western experience of the black cowboy. beneath his black hat it is tan now beneath his tan hat and behind his boisterous laugh beats the heart of a diligent historian. michael and cowboy mike spent a career as a teacher engaging students from
i see what all these conferences. [laughter] he said, here s my book. i said, you are going to come and lecture for us. [laughter] i m delighted. i have known mike for years and years. i should have had you here sooner. now, he brought c-span as well. [laughter] huzzah! so, cowboy mike is the persona created by michael searles, professor emeritus of history at a dusty university, to help audiences better understand the western experience of the black cowboy. beneath his tan hat and behind his boisterous laugh beats the heart of a diligent historian. spent a career as a teacher engaging students from elementary school through college age before retiring as a professor emeritus from augustine state university in georgia. the focus of his classes was the american west, specifically the experience of black cowboys and buffalo soldiers. as a writer and editor, cowboy mike continues to tackle both subjects. .e wrote a chapter he collaborated on black cowboys in the american west:
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