The love for Black rodeo was passed down through Krishaun Adair’s bloodline. As a child, Adair participated in the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Parade, riding her horse through Houston alongside her grandfather, L.J. Jackson, a member of the Prairie View Trail Riders, and many other Black cowboys and cowgirls. She relished riding next to her grandfather and participating in the event into her teenage years.
“There’s documentation of me being on a horse earlier than I could remember myself,” Adair says. “I remember horses, and I remember wanting to compete and watching my parents compete.”
Her passion for rodeo grew beyond the annual event. The native Houstonian competed in barrel racing as a child and still travels across the country to competitions. The rodeo tradition has
