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The group trains in Livermore at Basso’s Arena, tucked within the Tri-Valley’s rolling hills, where the agrarian lifestyle ...
He was the first African American to host a successful TV variety show. His comic routine about Black Cowboys and “Indians,” though perhaps a bit politically incorrect in small ways these days ...
Finally, in 1971, Pickett – who died in 1932 – became the first Black cowboy to be inducted into the National Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame. Even before Pickett, Black cowboys, and some cowgirls ...
“Black Cowboys were the first cowboys,” he said. The museum was recently awarded a $1 million grant to build a brand-new state-of-the-art museum. The new museum in Kendleton, ...
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 ...
Valeria Howard-Cunningham has been to countless Black rodeos throughout the past three decades; first with her husband, the late Lu Vason, and then as the head of the touring rodeo he founded to ...
SAN ANTONIO — The history of horsemanship in Texas is rich with details that have been hidden for nearly two centuries. Historians say the stories of the first Black cowboys were whitewashed ...
Historians say the stories of the first Black cowboys were whitewashed. Now, local rodeo legends and Texas trailblazers are shedding new light on the truth about these stories and putting them on ...
Your Guide to KC: Star culture and identity writer J.M. Banks is acting as a tour guide of sorts to some well-known and hidden gems, with a focus on Kansas City’s communities of color. Send your ...