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