Oldest-running Black rodeo rides in Oklahoma despite coronavirus

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Dorian Autman competes in the Bull Doggin event at the 65th annual Okmulgee Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo, the nation's oldest all-black professional rodeo event, in Okmulgee, Okla., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Denesha Henderson competes in the Ladies Barrel Race event at the 65th annual Okmulgee Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo, the nation's oldest all-black professional rodeo event, in Okmulgee, Okla., Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Trenton Whayne, age seven, loses his hat as he competes in the Mutton Bustin competition at the 65th annual Okmulgee Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo, the nation's oldest all-black professional rodeo event, in Okmulgee, Okla., Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Tank Lyons is led around the first barrel as she competes in the Junior Barrel Race at the 65th annual Okmulgee Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo, the nation's oldest all-black professional rodeo event, in Okmulgee, Okla., Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Kenneth LeBlanc takes a break outside the office as a cowboy checks the bulletin board behind him at the 65th annual Okmulgee Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo, the nation's oldest all-black professional rodeo event, in Okmulgee, Okla., Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Wefus Tyus participates in the Bull Doggin event at the 65th annual Okmulgee Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo, the nation's oldest all-black professional rodeo event, in Okmulgee, Okla., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Eddie "Bull" Taylor, left, and Terrell Dewberry, right, wait for their turn in the Mutton Bustin competition at the 65th annual Okmulgee Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo, the nation's oldest all-black professional rodeo event, in Okmulgee, Okla., Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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