He doesn't look black to me. lol
Yes they were all Black. Daniel Boone, Wyatt Earp, Matt Dillon, The Rifleman, The Cartwrights, the list just goes on and on.
You can add Jesus and Santa Clause to that too...
It’s worth going to the article, this dude was far more hardcore than many better known western lawmen. If anything, saying he’s the inspiration for a fictional character is a demotion.
He’s more in the mold of D.A. “Jelly” Bryce, and Frank Hamer than dimestore sheriffs.
He doesn't look black to me. lol
Yeah and he rode a horse named Momeback
We all know Jim West was da pimp on WWW LOL!
They were also all muslim.
Knock it off. Bass Reeves sounds like a “true legend” and embodied the spirit of the Old West. It’s shame that he couldn’t get his due when he was alive. I don’t care if he was the inspiration for the Lone Ranger or George Jetson, he was definitely a larger than life character and I can appreciate him on his own terms. To the extent he might have been the inspiration for the Lone Range, (or Cleavon Little’s Sheriff), associating him with that Disney disaster is an insult.