Black cowboys
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Black cowboys in the American West accounted for up to an estimated 25% of cowboys "who went up the trail" from the 1860s to 1880s and substantial but unknown percentage in the rest of the ranching industry, estimated to be at least 5,000 workers according to recent research.
A Black cowboy from the early 1900s
Nat Love (1854–1921), an African-American cowboy and former slave
Black cowboys at the "Negro State Fair" in Bonham, Texas, in 1913
Raymond St. Jacques portraying the character Simon Blake in Rawhide, 1965
Bill Pickett
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Willie M. Pickett was an African American cowboy, rodeo performer, and actor. In 1989, Pickett was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.
Pickett c. 1907
Bill Pickett, c.1922
Statue of Bill Pickett in Taylor, Texas