Bill Pickett Biography, outstanding black cowboy bulldogger.

"Explores the life of Bill Pickett, the African-American cowboy who invented bulldogging, from his childhood in Texas to his life as a working cowboy to his car

Describes the life and accomplishments of the son of a former slave whose unusual bulldogging style made him a rodeo star.

Bill Picket was the first African American inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City and the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs. A superstar

Offers twenty-four essays about African American men and women who worked in the Texas cattle industry from the slave days of the mid-19th century through the e