African American Women of the Old West Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz song and dance fill the

song and dance fill the farm and the hardships of their lives under racist laws are momentarily forgotten

previously rendered silent by the majority

collectively and individually

being queer

one of America's leading social philosophers

African American Women of the Old West Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz song and dance fill theThe brave pioneers who made a life on the frontier were not only male and they were not only white. The story of African American women in the Old West is one that has largely gone untold until now. The stories of ten African American women are reconstructed from historic documents found in century old archives. Some of these women slaves, some were free, and some were born into slavery and found freedom in the old west. They were laundresses, freedom