Who Was The Real 'Cherokee Bill'?

The original Lone Ranger was black, he was bass Reeves, he was a US Marshal

Thank for highlighting black cowboys, history books seems to forget about them

REMEMBER THE MOVIE POSSE THAT CAME OUT IN 1993? That's one of my favorite movies of all time!

My grandfather was a so-called "Black Cowboy" He was born in Arkansas, 1886 and his parents & grandparents were never Slaves. They owned there own land and sold it for a better life in the North, in 1917 (Chicago) as many families made the Exodus to manufacturing jobs in the onslaught of competition from European Immigration. He told me about his cattle drives from Galveston Texas to the Chicago Stock Yards. He worked the P T. Barnum Circus Attractions too. Buster Jones, Sharpshooter and Huntsman.

I need to take my daughter to the Black American West Museum here in Denver.

That was a great movie👏🏽👏🏽 Y’all could make this a whole series. Bringing to light the more obscure faces of the wild west.

This was lakeith Stanfield best role imo

one of my favorite black western is buck and preacher with sidney poiter, harry belafonte and ruby dee.

I learned about black cowboys from the Intelligent Hoodlum joint "Possee" back in 1993

Beautiful storytelling. Thank you for the history lesson.

I love historical run downs such as this.. Well done to everyone who produced this video

Bass Reaves the Original Lone Ranger

My great grandparents were from Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, and attended the hanging of Crawford in Fort Smith. Cherokee Bill was a local boy that was known by locals. According to my father, his grandmother said of the hanging, "that was the most disgusting thing I ever saw. I'll never go to a go hangin' a again".

Knowledge is Everything.... Real History 101

My problem with the movie was they made them opps. They were NOT opps with each other. Stagecoach Mary helped build a Catholic school in Wisconsin. She was the only Blacc person allowed to drink in the bars in her town. No other BM or bw. Bill Picket learned how to take down bulls by bulldogs. They bite the lip of the bull and flip them down so that’s what he did. Started as a young kid. Chief John Horse was considered the Blacc Moses of Seminoles. Esteban the Negro was considered the first Blacc Cowboy. Learn about Nat Love also. A bunch of history there. You can listen to a podcast called Black Cowboys and get a great education

There was some black cowboys books when I was younger, but they were always checked out.

Sinbad did a good role playing Cherokee bill in a movie during the '80s

My grandmother (Mary) met Cherokee Bill in Okla. She was attempting to cross a muddy street. Cherokee Bill laid his coat on the mud for her to walk on. She stated he was a gentleman.

So y'all never heard of * Woody Strode* he was in numerous cowboy, gladiator and military movies before majority of us where born. He did a cowboy movie with Muhammad Ali You just forgot about the 90's with Mario Van Peebles and his movie Posse with cowboys and buffalo soldiers 🙄🤔 He had a all start cast Pam Grier, Stephen Baldwin, Woody Strode, his dad Melvin Van Peebles, Tiny, Isaac Hayes and etc It was Black cowboys in movies and movies starring Black cowboys as leads before Blazing Saddles and Django Richard Pryor did one, it's on Tubi free streaming app A lot of them in the 70's Sidney Poitier did several movies playing a cowboy My favorite one Buck and the Preacher with Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee and Harry Belafonte a must watch 1. Danny Glover in Silverado 2. Thomasine and Bushrod 3.Morgan Freeman: Unforgiven 4.. Sidney Poitier: Duel at Diablo 5. Richard Pryor & Fred Williamson : Adios Amigo 6. Jim Brown: 100 Rifles There where Black cowboy movies from the 30' and 40's but they where only seen by black audience Movies like The Bronze Buckaroo

He was Lamilton before Lamilton lol