The Texas Black Invitational Rodeo at Fair Park showcases professional Black cowboys and cowgirls with live competitions, ...

The group trains in Livermore at Basso’s Arena, tucked within the Tri-Valley’s rolling hills, where the agrarian lifestyle ...

Not all cowboys participate in rodeo, of course — but Black Americans make up a significant percentage of cowboys who don’t, too. Grauer estimates that about 20-25% of the cowboys who were on ...

PENDLETON, Ore. — In bold orange cowboy clothes, George Fletcher mesmerized the Pendleton Round-Up Arena rodeo crowd as he charged around on his competition horse. It wasn’t just the bright […] ...

American Western culture is rooted in the Black experience, no matter which way the history books try to spin it.

A cowboy is whipped off a bucking Bull on July, 31, 2021 at the 32nd Texas Black Invitational Rodeo. Around 300 African American cowboys and cowgirls will saddle up and compete for cash prizes at ...

The history of Black cowboys began during slavery and historians estimate 1-in-4 cowboys were Black. But when rodeo’s popularity soared in the late 19th Century, Black cowboys were excluded.

Any depictions of Black cowboys he did see were as “a punchline”—Sinbad in The ... In addition to rodeo events, McClellan also captures Black cowboys in their everyday lives—in their ...

BLACK HISTORY MONTH: For more than a century the cowboy has been portrayed only as a white man. Annabel Grossman meets some of the Black horsewomen challenging that perception – and reclaiming ...

It was here that Myrtis Dightman Sr., hailed as the “Jackie Robinson of Rodeo,” becoming the first Black cowboy to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo. Prairie view Trail Ride, ...

Rodeo life wasn't always welcoming or easy for African Americans in southeast Texas. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, cowboys of color often faced outright discrimination.

Cowboys were Black and, for several years now, Venerable has been working at making sure everyone knows this American history. Growing up with the full farm life experience, Venerable, a 29-year ...