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The African-American Heritage Rodeo.

The African-American Heritage Rodeo of Champions, honoring those black cowboys who rode the West, galloped into the National Western Stock Show on MLK Day, filling the Denver Coliseum with bucking broncos, bull riding and calf roping. All photos by Brandon Marshall.

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