On Saturday — Juneteenth — CBS will air the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo, the nation's only touring all-Black rodeo.
The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas hosted a large crowd of spectators last weekend eager to see Black cowboys and cowgirls participating in the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo, the nation’s only touring Black rodeo competition.
Lu Vason, founder of the rodeo, created it to, “challenge the false perception of an absentee presence of Blacks in the development of the West,” he said. Bull rider Justin Willis holds on as his mount erupts from the chute at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo.A woman gives a competitor at standing ovation at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Sunday.Avery Ford, a rodeo clown who performs as Spanky, entertains the crowd at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo.Bull rider Ouncie Mitchell of Houston gets a good-luck handshake seated on his mount before the gate opened.
Actor Glynn Turnman, one of the grand marshals at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo, waits to enter the arena.Bull rider Ouncie Mitchell of Houston in the locker room at the MGM Grand Arena before competing at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo.
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