When one thinks of Chicago, they probably don’t think “cowboy.” But that would be a mistake.
And not only out West, but here is Chicago, too.While tracing the American Black cowboy roots, the film lassoes the Chicago connection.“The way Blacks got to Oklahoma and the way Blacks got to even Chicago is all connected to cattle and the horse culture,” Perry said.“I see broken arrow, what Murdock is doing and other Black cowboys in Chicago as a part of living history now.”“We try to instill in other people positive and peace and bring community activities for children,” Murdock said.
Says Murdock: “Where other youths can learn like I did when I was a youth and that’s been my passion.”The group has a GoFund Me page to help raise funds for the project. “We have to look at what’s good for our children and not the adults,” Murdock said. “Why be so hard on something that may take some of these kids off the streets from getting shot.”
And while the cowboy’s mission centers around horses — much like how Neffer Oduntunde Kerr followed her grandfather’s legacy — there’s renewed hope for future riders.“It’s so many of them, and the thing is they don’t know,” said Kerr.
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