Student from the Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps in Computer Service Technicial and the Career Preperation Period volunteered and at the Billy Pickett Rodeo. The students helped with wrist bands and crowd control.

In 1984, the Billy Pickett Rodeo was established as an all Black rodeo named after legendary Black cowboy, Bill Pickett, who originated “bulldogging”. Some 23 years later the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo is now a popular series, which reaches over 130,000 spectators annually across the United States.