Good ol’ Bass Reeves. From HBO’s mini series Watchman, to the Lone Ranger, to the many unanswered questions that have followed. The duality of Bass Reeves’ life as the first Deputy U.S. Marshall as a formerly enslaved person comes to ahead later in his career as racial tensions rose in the late 1800s. How did Reeves become involved with the government as a black man in the US, especially at the time?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqw5uXWohlY 

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=RE020 

https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/origins-modern-day-policing 

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/reeves-bass-1838-1910/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y9yjOVsuoo 
https://www.naacpldf.org/black-judges-history/