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Myrtis Dightman (born May 7, 1935) is an American former professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in bull riding. He is a ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee. Known as the "Jackie Robinson of Rodeo", Dightman was the first African-American to compete at the National Finals Rodeo. [1]
He won eight Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) world championships and three National Finals Rodeo (NFR) aggregate titles. Seven of those titles were tie-down roping world championships and one was the all-around world championship. He is one of a few African-American professional rodeo cowboys and by far the most successful. [2]
Since 2024, the PBR World Finals are held at two different venues in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex; the first six days are held at Cowtown Coliseum, then the final two days at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. [9] Since that same year, the PBR Team Series' Texas Rattlers hold their annual three-day hometown event, Rattler Days, in two different ...
The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex has 1.2 million African-Americans, the 2nd-largest metro population of African-Americans in Texas. [1] As of 2023, the Dallas metro area is only behind the Atlanta metro area for the highest net migration of Black residents. [2] In 2007, Black Enterprise magazine ranked Dallas as a "Top 10 city for African ...
Willie M. Pickett (December 5, 1870 – April 2, 1932) was an African American cowboy, rodeo performer, and actor. In 1972, he was the first African American man inducted into the National Rodeo Hall of Fame. [1] In 1989, Pickett was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.
The Desert Rodeo will feature professionals competing in their sport of riding bulls and barrel racing while providing festival goers with a fun opportunity to shop from an array of Western-style ...
In 2024, the total attendance for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was 2.5 million people, with the overall total attendance record being over 2.6 million in 2017. [63] It is the largest cultural event in Houston, and its attendance numbers dwarf those of annual attendance for most professional sports teams and most major cultural events in ...
In 1985, ground was broken for the Mesquite Arena, a new facility for the Mesquite Rodeo, located near Interstate 635 and Scyene Road. By 1998, the facility was expanded to include a Convention Center, Exhibition Hall and a Hampton Inn & Suites. In 1999, Tom Hicks, owner of the Texas Rangers and the Dallas Stars, purchased Mesquite Championship ...