| Description |
1 online resource : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword by Danny L. Glover -- Chronology -- Note from the author -- Introduction -- Bill Pickett and the 101 ranch -- Robert "Money" Jackson -- Charles, Roy, Clarence,and Kenneth LeBlanc -- Nathaniel "Rex" Purefoy with Herb Jeffries -- Willie Thomas Sr. and Harold Cash -- Bailey's Prairie Kid (aka Taylor Hall Jr.) -- Myrtis "Jackie Robinson of Rodeo" Dightman Sr. -- Freddie "Skeet" Gordon -- Ernest "Bud" Bramwell Jr. -- Nelson Jackson Jr. -- Cleo "Mr. Black Rodeo" Hearn -- Glynn Turman -- Tommy Cloud (aka Tommy Cleoll Browning) -- Cowtown Gene, Jimmy Lee and Willie Ed Walker with Abraham Morris and John Harp Jr. -- Thyrl and Mike Latting -- Charlie Reno (aka Jesse C.R. Hall) -- Steve Robinson -- Barry Moore -- Tex Williams and Larry Callies -- Obba Babatundé (aka Donald Cohen) -- James Pickens Jr. -- Reginald T. Dorsey -- Donald and Ronald Stephens with Cleatus Stephens -- Marcous Friday and Charles Evans -- Bud Bramwell and Cleo Hearn with Charles Evans and Marvel Rogers Sr. -- Charlie "Pee Wee" Sampson -- Ervin Williams Jr. -- CharlieReno and Steve Robinson -- Dwayne Hargo Sr. -- Fred Whitfield -- Dihigi Gladney with John Davis and California Chrome -- Gus Trent (aka Harlan Tyrone Ware) with Sedgwick Haynes -- Dennis Davis with Alvo Tucker and Donald Goodman -- Steve Reagor with Sidney Reagor -- Glenn Jackson -- Dwayne Jr. and Aaron Hargo -- LaMontre "Tre" Hosley, Chris Byrd,and Stanley "Ray Ray" Taylor -- Bill Pickett and the U.S.Postal Service -- Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
""Black Cowboys of Rodeo" is a collection of one hundred years' worth of cowboy stories - set against the backdrop of reconstruction, Jim Crow, segregation, the civil rights movement, and eventually the integration of a racially divided country - told in firsthand accounts from the cowboys themselves"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
African American rodeo performers -- Biography
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Rodeos -- Social aspects -- United States
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Rodeos -- United States -- History
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Rodeos.
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African American rodeo performers
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Rodeos
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Rodeos -- Social aspects
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1496229495 |
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9781496229496 |
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9781496229489 |
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1496229487 |
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