Hunting While Black: Food, Freedom and Reclaiming the Great Outdoors

For some, hunting is more than just recreation—it’s a revolutionary act of resistance.

From left to right, Dapo Ojeyemi, Cavel K. and Jason Smith wait for their first pheasant hunt to begin in central Oregon. (Photo courtesy of Hunters of Color)

Lawrence Weeks, an executive chef and owner of Murray’s Creole Pub based in Louisville, wanted to learn how to hunt to gain greater self-sufficiency and connect to his family’s legacy as subsistenc…