2021年2月11日 · Long overlooked in histories of the West, African-American rodeo stars also faced discrimination and erasure in that sport, too. A cowgirl participates in the barrel race competition at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on April 1, 2017 in Memphis, Tennessee.

2016年10月31日 · African-Americans organized their own rodeos and formed the Negro Cowboys Rodeo Association in 1947. Later, with the end of Jim Crow, a few African-Americans participated in PRCA events. Myrtis Dightman, a Crockett, Texas, native, was one of the pioneers, becoming the first African-American to appear in the PRCA world finals in 1964.

2024年3月29日 · Patton said the contributions of Indigenous people, African Americans and Latinos to the culture of the American West have been overshadowed by popular depictions of cowboys as White men,...

2017年2月13日 · In 1971, Hearn began producing rodeos for African-American cowboys. Today, his Cowboys of Color Rodeo recruits cowboys and cowgirls from diverse racial backgrounds. The touring rodeo...

2022年6月28日 · Named for the early-20th-century rodeo star, it’s been one of the Black cowboy community’s most storied and prestigious events for more than 35 years.

2024年2月20日 · 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...

2021年11月16日 · In our exhibit Black Cowboys: An American Story, visitors from Texas, and beyond will be introduced to a diverse group of African American cowhands, from Johana July, a free Black Seminole born in 1860 to Myrtis Dightman, called “The Jackie Robinson of Rodeo” who broke the color line at professional rodeos in the late 1960s.

2 天之前 · Oklahoma is home to famous rodeos, including the Boley Rodeo, the oldest African American rodeo in the nation, and Oklmulgee Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo, one of the largest and longest continually running African American rodeos in the country. The Okmulgee Invitational rodeo won rodeo of the year at the gala. Competitors in events such as ...

2020年10月16日 · Today, African American cowboys participate in groups such as The Compton Cowboys and they also participate in rodeo events, including the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo and Martin Luther King, Jr., African-American Heritage Rodeo.

2021年2月15日 · It had been 50 years since Dightman became the first African American to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo – a feat he accomplished six times in his professional career. Courtesy of Keith Ryan Cartwright. Tex Williams was the first African American to win a state high school rodeo title in Texas.