[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 122 (Wednesday, October 4, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            A TRIBUTE TO THE MINORITY ARTS RESOURCE COUNCIL

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                          HON. ROBERT A. BRADY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 3, 2000

  Mr. BRADY. Mr. Speaker, today I honor the Minority Arts Resource 
Council as it sponsors the Third Annual African American Rodeo in the 
First Congressional District. The rodeo focuses on the important 
contributions of African American Western pioneers. It also offers the 
opportunity for thousands of inner city school children to view a part 
of American history that has been left out of history books.
  The African American Rodeo is a real life exciting spectacle that 
spotlights the role African Americans played in the settling and 
shaping of the American West. It tells the stories of the legendary 
Black heroes of the old West, including Bill Pickett, who invented the 
sport of bulldogging or steer wrestling. If he had not been banned from 
completing with white rodeo contestants, Pickett may well have become 
one of the greatest rodeo record setters.
  Therefore, I proudly support the African American Rodeo and I thank 
MARC for its efforts to showcase the contribution of the Black cowboy 
so that our children can learn about an important American story that 
for too long has gone untold.

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