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February is Black History Month, but the tradition of the black cowboy -- a figure that's gotten short shrift in much of our film and literature about the West -- is very much alive. For proof, check out the following video, in which Mikala Nealy and other members of the Bill Pickett Rodeo prove it at high speed. See the video below.
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