Bucking stereotypes, a Black cowboy leads the way in South Central LA
Ghuan Featherstone founded Urban Saddles stables in 2019 to create a safe space where kids could ride horses. At StoryCorps, he tells a young rider a lesson he hopes to impart: a respect for all life.
by Jey Born
Jan 28, 2022
2 minutes
Growing up in the South Central neighborhood of Los Angeles in the 1970s, Ghuan Featherstone only remembers riding a horse once as a child. His parents took him riding at nearby Griffith Park when he was eight years old.
But ever since, he's been chasing
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