Black Cowboys of Rodeo is a collection of one hundred years’ worth of firsthand cowboy stories, set against the backdrop of Reconstruction, Jim Crow, segregation, the civil rights movement, and eventually the integration of a racially divided country.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword by Danny L. Glover
Abbreviations
Chronology
Note from the Author
Introduction
1. Bill Pickett and the 101 Ranch
2. Robert “Money” Jackson
3. Charles, Roy, Clarence, and Kenneth LeBlanc
4. Nathaniel “Rex” Purefoy with Herb Jeffries
5. Willie Thomas Sr. and Harold Cash
6. Bailey’s Prairie Kid (aka Taylor Hall Jr.)
7. Myrtis “Jackie Robinson of Rodeo” Dightman Sr.
8. Freddie “Skeet” Gordon
9. Ernest “Bud” Bramwell Jr.
10. Nelson Jackson Jr.
11. Cleo “Mr. Black Rodeo” Hearn
12. Glynn Turman
13. Tommy Cloud (aka Tommy Cleoll Browning)
14. Eugene “Cowtown Gene,” Jimmy Lee, and Willie Ed Walker with Abraham Morris and John Harp Jr.
15. Thyrl and Mike Latting
16. Charlie Reno (aka Jesse C. R. Hall)
17. Steve Robinson
18. Barry Moore
19. Tex Williams and Larry Callies
20. Obba Babatundé (aka Donald Cohen)
21. James Pickens Jr.
22. Reginald T. Dorsey
23. Donald and Ronald Stephens with Cleatus Stephens
24. Marcous Friday and Charles Evans
25. Bud Bramwell and Cleo Hearn with Charles Evans and Marvel Rogers Sr.
26. Charlie “Pee Wee” Sampson
27. Ervin Williams Jr.
28. Charlie Reno and Steve Robinson
29. Dwayne Hargo Sr.
30. Fred Whitfield
31. Dihigi Gladney with John Davis and California Chrome
32. Gus Trent (aka Harlan Tyrone Ware) with Sedgwick Haynes
33. Dennis Davis with Alvo Tucker and Donald Goodman
34. Steve Reagor with Sidney Reagor
35. Glenn Jackson
36. Dwayne Jr. and Aaron Hargo
37. LaMontre “Tre” Hosley, Chris Byrd, and Stanley “Ray” Taylor
38. Bill Pickett and the U.S. Postal Service
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography
