Meet the Lone Ranger.

[Skidmore]

Bass Reeves. This is a website I came across and thought you all would be interested in.

http://politicalblindspot.com/the-real-lone-ranger-was-an-african-american-lawman-who-lived-with-native-american-indians/



The real “Lone Ranger,” it turns out, was an African American man named Bass Reeves, who the legend was based upon. Perhaps not surprisingly, many aspects of his life were written out of the story, including his ethnicity. The basics remained the same: a lawman hunting bad guys, accompanied by a Native American, riding on a white horse, and with a silver trademark....more

[underpants]

1. Fascinating

Marking later read

[Rain Mcloud]

2. Lone Ranger meet the Bronze Buckaroo AKA Herb Jeffries

As a recovering wild west fanatic,i had heard of Reeves Bass and had a suspicion as to who he was.
Thank You for this post,i was amazed and delighted to find this.
My Brother in Law got me started down this path,he had studied Journalism at University of Ohio and moved to Arizona then took a job in Amarillo at the Globe News.
He nominated Herb Jeffries for induction into the Cowboy Hall of Fame and finally after an effort of many years,Jeffries is now a member.
There is a lot of good video about this very talented man on YouTube.
Here is his Pay Day Blues from the 1939 Movie The Bronze Buckaroo:
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[Skidmore]

3. Thanks for adding that bit of film lore to the story.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. "Bronze" being the Hollywood euphimism for brown ...

a couple of years back, there was an OP about a trove of old films with black casts made in the 30's and 40's ... "bronze" featured in many of the titles. The prints had just been saved from destruction, IIRC.

[Xyzse]

5. I've been trying to write about this guy for a while.

This guy is an Awesome Legend.
Basically have been trying to pitch a screenplay and using Michael Jai White as this guy.