African American Cowboys and AZ Songbirds – Steve Renzi – 10/6, 13
$10.00
Steve Renzi has been a speaker for the Arizona and Delaware Humanities for over ten years. He writes regularly for Desert Sage and enjoys tracking down parts of our history; he is also an avid and published photographer.
Steve Renzi, 2 sessions: 10/6, 13 (Hopi) 9:00 a.m.
Description
Rare in southwest history is the role African Americans played in territorial Arizona. We grew up watching stories of the American West in movies and on television and now in popular streaming series. But there were other people here, Blacks, Native Americans, Chinese, Mexicans, many of whom predated the arrival of Anglos from the east…and African American cowboys played a big role in early ranching. Arizona’s ‘songbirds’ are musical superstars. Both Marty Robins and Linds Rondstadt were blessed with natural talent and incredible voices and, of course, they were native Arizonans. Come and learn about folks who don’t get all the star billing but were extraordinary contributors to the southwest.
