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Ron Tarver, acclaimed photographer and Swarthmore College associate professor of art presents his new book, The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys in America (George F. Thompson Publishing, 2024). The book features photographs from his Black cowboy series — an unparalleled body of work comprising 20,000 film slides created over 30 years. Tarver’s book and travelling photo exhibition feature ’90s film images of cowboys and cowgirls of all ages, Black-owned ranches and rodeo operations, parades, urban cowboys, and retired cowhands. A Pulitzer Prize, Pew Fellowship, and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, Tarver draws on his Oklahoma upbringing and his decades-long dedication to bringing wider recognition to Black cowboys for their vital role in American history and contemporary culture.