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Midwest Invitational Rodeo Comes to Wayne County Fairgrounds
The Midwest Invitational Rodeo, featuring African American cowboys and cowgirls, will visit the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Belleville in June. Ahead of the event, “American Black Journal” explores this part of Black history that’s rarely told. Guest host Trudy Gallant-Stokes talks with the Midwest Invitational Rodeo founder and a rodeo athlete about the rich cultural history of the Black rodeo.
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