Rory Doyle

Photographer

Delta Hill Riders

Location: 38732

Nationality: USA

Biography: Rory Doyle is a working photographer based in Cleveland, Mississippi in the rural Mississippi Delta. Born and raised in Maine, Doyle studied journalism at St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont. In 2009, he moved to Mississippi to... MORE

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Delta Hill Riders

Copyright Rory Doyle 2022

Date of Work Dec 1969 - Ongoing

Updated Feb 2020

Location Mississippi

Topics Photography

This project explores the subculture of African American cowboys and cowgirls in the rural flatlands of the Mississippi Delta — a far cry from the Wild West. Historians estimate that one in four cowboys were African American following the Civil War, yet this population was drastically under-represented in popular accounts. This work sheds light on a band of horse riders historically overlooked.