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Bill Pickett invented "bulldogging," a rodeo technique to wrestle a steer to the ground. (Corbis)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lesser-known-history-african-american-cowboys-180962144/

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Black Rodeo, 1972, photo stills

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BLACK RODEO, 1972

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Bud Bramwell (left), who won the calf roping event, was the president of the American Black Cowboy Association. In this photo, he’s listening to Wayne Ormay (right), who traveled from California to compete in the historic Harlem Rodeo in 1971.

Courtesy Bud Bramwell

https://theundefeated.com/features/black-rodeo-cowboys-paraded-through-harlem-with-muhammad-ali/

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“Muhammad Ali was at the Black Rodeo event for no more than two hours. Yet his appearance established the rodeo as a pivotal moment for all black cowboys — past and present.”

https://theundefeated.com/features/black-rodeo-cowboys-paraded-through-harlem-with-muhammad-ali/

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Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 2015

‘In his novel No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy refers to “the fire in the horn” – a nest of sparks carried in a cow or buffalo horn to help facilitate the starting of a campfire whenever the traveller arrives at the destination at the end of each day. A thing that is tended, protected in one’s travels, and is never allowed to go out.’

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/apr/01/myths-magic-new-american-west-pictures-cowboys-rodeos-peter-kayafas

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July 29, 2018

Story and Photos By Gabriela Hasbun

Capturing the vibrant culture of black cowboys

The Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo celebrates the black men and women keeping the cowboy tradition alive

https://theundefeated.com/features/capturing-the-vibrant-culture-of-black-cowboys/