AJC Photos: Black cowboys ready for 2019 Pickett Invitational Rodeo

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Photos: Black cowboys ready for 2019 Pickett Invitational Rodeo

The 35th annual Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers.

Arkansas Dave rides his horse on a ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Billy Ray Thunder poses for a portrait on his ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Logan Dansby, 12, prepares to clean a pony on a ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Arkansas Dave rides his horse on a ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Arkansas Dave and his son Logan Dansby, 12, clean a horse on a ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Arkansas Dave rides his horse on a ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Justin Brown, 11, sits on the bed of a truck as his grandfather, Billy Ray Thunder, demonstrates how to ride a horse on his ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Logan Dansby, 12, walks away from his pony on a ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Billy Ray Thunder holds a glove on his ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Arkansas Dave prepares to ride his horse on a ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Billy Ray Thunder holds on to a saddle on his ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Arkansas Dave poses for a portrait on a ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Logan Dansby, 12, cleans a pony on a ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Billy Ray Thunder and his grandson Justin Brown, 11, feed the horses on his ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Logan Dansby, 12, takes a break on a ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Billy Ray Thunder spreads hay on a ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Billy Ray Thunder and his grandson Justin Brown, 11, work on a saddle on his ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Billy Ray Thunder poses for a portrait on his ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Billy Ray Thunder, Justin Brown, 11, Logan Dansby, 12, and Arkansas Dave pose for a portrait on a ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

980205 ATLANTA, GA: Promotional brochure from the Norman Film Manufacturing Co. for a movie about Bill Pickett, targeted to black audiences. Matthew Bernstein and Dana White are writing a book about the movie going culture of blacks and whites since the beginning of this century. (AJC Staff Photo/Jean Shifrin)

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Arkansas Dave rides his horse on a ranch off of Flat Shoals Parkway, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Union City. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

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