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Rodeo to celebrate the legacy of Black cowboys

Before there were white cowboys in the American West, there were Latino vaqueros, Indigenous cattle handlers and Black cowboys.

Why it matters: That history, often forgotten in tales of the nation's frontier, is what photographer Ivan McClellan has honored by documenting Black cowboys and cowgirls for nearly a decade — and why he organized a Juneteenth rodeo in Portland, Ore., on Saturday.


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