contemporary cowboys of color
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Highlights of current day cowboys of colorTRANSCRIPT
Contemporary cowboys
The Cowboys and Cowgirls
Legacy Continues Today
Bull Fighters
Turned Bull Riders
Myrtis Dightman
Champion Bull Rider during the 1960's and 70's. The first black cowboy to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo
Charles Sampson
World Champion Bull rider. the first African American to win a
championship in his event in professional rodeo. inducted in the
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Bull Riders
Lee Akin
Rodeo Bull Riding Champion
Michael Moore
Professional Bull Rider
Rodeo Riders
Fred Whitfield
1st black world champion calf roper, 6 time world champion
Dwayne Hargo, Jr
Professional bullrider and bullfighter
Rodeo Clowns
Leon Coffee
World-famous Rodeo Clown after 30 years of service. inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame
Dwayne Hargo, Sr
Rodeo Clown and bullfighter for the past 30 years. Former world champion Bullfighter.
The Singers
Miko Marks
Her 1st album, “Freeway Bound” has received honors including Best New Country Artist" and Country Album
of the Year. Miko has frequented Oakland Black Cowboy Parades.
Herb Jeffries
Also known as the ‘Bronze Buckaroo’, Mr. Jeffries was the sole African American singing cowboys on film and one of the few black cowboys in the movies during his time.
The Artists
Kadir Nelson
High Noon
Dwight Juda Ward
Five Gun Justice
The Artists
mavruk Hulis
Marshal After a Long Day
Dwight Juda Ward
Sistas 'n Arms
The Authors
Quintard Taylor
In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in
the West
William Loren Katz
The Black West
The Authors
Philip Durham and
Everett L. Jones
The Negro Cowboys
Sara R. Massey
Black Cowboys of Texas