The History of the Black Cowgirl:There’s a deeply rich history of Black cowboys and cowgirls in the U.S., but mainstream Western movies and series painted a different image. Thirty-year-old author Caitlin Gooch has committed her life to educating people about Black America...
DENVER (CBS4) -The National Western Stock show honored the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Monday night by hosting the MLK Junior African American Heritage rodeo, part of the Bill Pickett Rodeo. It's dedicated to celebrating Black cowboys and cowgirls and where the best young athletes compete....
The Bill Pickett Rodeo also offers an opportunity for Black cowboys and cowgirls to show off their skills in everything from barrel racing to bull riding, in front of audiences from Memphis to Oakland to Fort Worth. "The camaraderie, the excitement from the audience, the skillset that these ...
BILL PICKETT RODEO CELEBRATES BLACK COWBOYS, COWGIRLS.(Local)(CITYSCAPE)(Column)Jackson, Bob
The Jackson family in Upper Marlboro, Maryland ishonoringthe country’s legacy of Black cowboys. The family sat down withGood Morning Americato discuss theirrodeolifestyle. Corey JacksonandRobyn Jacksonmet at theBill PickettInvitational Rodeo, a rodeo known for celebrating Black cowboys and cowgirls....
African-American and Americana style through embroidered tree elements across hoodies, tees and footwear for a nature-meets-casualwear approach. Aside from the garments themselves, the partnership’s beauty is seen in the Oklahoma shot campaign that reveals generations of Black Cowboys and Cowgirls. ...
From across the West and beyond, cowboys and cowgirls have trekked to Elko, Nevada, each winter for the past 36 years to attend the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, an annual pilgrimage for ranchers and wranglers who are also poets, storytellers, and musicians. This year the gathering had a...
shows, and this is a project Keyetta has been passionate about for a long time. She knows this story and the people in it so well. It’s extremely personal for her. I’m late to this game, but the more I work on it the more I feel like I know these ...
CBS is set to honor the holiday by becoming the first broadcast television network to air the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo. The event, created in 1984, is an all-Black rodeo that honors legendary cowboy Bill Pickett and features some of the best Black cowboys and cowgirls from across the...