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February 8 @ 11:00 am 12:00 pm

knowledge and respect for African American’s contribution to cowboy history and culture.

Celebrating and educating community members on the past, present, and future of African American cowboys, with a documentary directed by a local community member.

Historic Mesquite is hosting a screening of the documentary, Cowboys of Color; A Multicultural Legacy Volume 1, which covers black cowboys’ long and important contributions from history to the future.

Cowboys of Color won Best Short Documentary- Texas Black Film Festival (2014), Best Texas Film- Texas Film Festival (2014), and Documentary Short Award- Roxbury International Film Festival (2014), as well as being added to the Dallas Public Library’s Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division.

The film was directed by Coy Poitier, co-directed by Jacolby Percy, and executive-produced by Katrina T. Poitier.

After the screening, there will be a Q&A with Coy Poitier. The program is free and open to the public.

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