First Black Equestrian Museum Opens in Connecticut

First Black Equestrian Museum Opens in Connecticut

(AURN News) — The Mary Fields Horse & Heritage Museum has opened in Connecticut, becoming the first museum in the nation dedicated to Black equestrian history, according to the CT Mirror. Black cowboys are not myths or movie characters — they helped build America — and this museum finally gives them their due. See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Named after Mary “Stagecoach Mary” Fields — the first Black woman to work for …