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Source: NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"

Roundup

8-19-06

'Black Rodeo' teaches history lesson [audio 6min]

The Bill Pickett Invitational touts itself as the only black rodeo touring the U.S. Rodeo-goers see more than bucking broncos and cowboys roping longhorns. They get a history lesson too. Report by Brakkton Booker.

Read entire article at NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"