My nephew suggested I do an entry on the recently released movie, The Harder They Fall, since it did have somewhat of an historical foundation, using names of black people that actually lived. But since this blog is BG’s Reads, I thought I’d read a book on the subject, The Black West by William L. Katz. I’ve always favored the work of historian and author, William L. Katz, who over the years has been a guest on WBAI and WNYC radio talking about his work on blacks of the old West. This is a 2019 new edition to Katz’s The Black West, originally published in 1971.
