Let 'Er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion illustrator-Emily Carroll black and white

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Let 'Er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion illustrator-Emily Carroll black and whiteIn 1911, three men were in the final round of the famed Pendleton Round Up. One was white, one was Indian, and one was black. When the judges declared the white man the winner, the audience was outraged. They named black cowboy George Fletcher the "people's champion" and took up a collection, ultimately giving Fletcher far more than the value of the prize that went to the official winner. Award winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson tells the story of