Table of Contents

Foreword by Quintard Taylor Preface Acknowledgments 1. Moving Westward and Northward 2. Early Imagery 3. Black Westerners in White Mythology 4. Black Photographers in the West 5. Warriors and Soldiers 6. Cowhands and Ranch Hands 7. Women of the West 8. The Adventurers 9. Across the Countryu2019s Interior 10. To the Coast 11. Alaska and the Pacific Northwest 12. u201cHaole u2018Ele u2018Eleu201d in Owhyhee 13. Follow the Drinkinu2019 Gourd 14. Entertainers and Artists 15. Nonphotographic Imagery Afterword Appendix. A Short History of Photography: Dating Old Images Notes Bibliography List of Collections Index

About the Author

John W. Ravage is professor emeritus of mass media at the University of Wyoming. He is the author of Television: The Directors Viewpoint and Singletree, and the editor of Kenneth Wiggins Porter's The Negro on the American Frontier.

Reviews

"The reader comes away from this study with an appreciation for the diversity of black experiences in the West. Makes an important contribution to U.S. historiography and African American studies. We are all richer for the work that John Ravage has done."—New Mexico Historical Review

"The outstanding narrative accompanying the images, superior topical organization, list of collections, and extensive bibliography would do credit to any writer."—Roundup Magazine
"Ravage's photographs and biographical sketches are extraordinary and quite impressive. His selected photographs are exceptional and make for a very attractive book, which is also clearly written, with chapter titles reflecting concise and descriptive narrative and analysis. His book has historical and social value."—North Dakota History: Journal of the Northern Plains

"[Ravage] deserves our gratitude for unearthing the stories of a group of people whose voices and lives have long been silenced or ignored by the mass media."—The Bloomsbury Review
"A sumptuous visual feast of more than 200 images, many of them never before published, of African-American Americans in the West. Offers us an absorbing excursion into the ways African-American Westerners were seen and, in some cases, chose to represent themselves. A sprawling, exuberant book."—The Boston Globe
"A picture may be worth a thousand words, but this adage becomes an understatement of enormous proportions when Ravage's Black Pioneers is the book on hand. This is the book that could become the guide for historians who realize the need for revisionary history. Ravage articulates a truth that stares at viewers: African Americans played the same roles in opening up the West as did the whites and other ethnic groups. Ravage intended it to reach the consciousness of its readers and viewers. It does."—Review of Texas Books
"Underscores the rich contributions of blacks to the history of the American West."—CHOICE
"The author's perceptive commentary makes the pictures seem to come alive."—The Washington Times