Bass Reeves, an untold legend of the Old West
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- čas přidán 4. 11. 2023
- The story of Bass Reeves - a runaway slave from Texas who became a deputy U.S. marshal, bringing some 3,000 scoundrels to justice while he wore his badge - is finally being told in a new Paramount+ series, "Lawmen: Bass Reeves." Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with star David Oyelowo, and with biographer Art Burton, about bringing the largely forgotten story of Reeves to light.
#BassReeves
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I hope the show does him justice. He was a great man who deserves to be known and remembered.
Taylor Sheridan, the man who created Yellowstone is an executive producer of this Bass Reeves mini series.
And Taylor is pretty phenomenal when it comes to accuracy of a subject. It actually important to him, to get things right.
@@westendlawn Don't have Paramount+ so I have to wait for it to hit another streaming service but I hope you are right. Have not seen any of the "Yellowstone" shows but I have heard good things about them. I noticed the title is "LawMEN" not "LawMAN" so I wonder if they are going to do a bunch of limited series, each featuring a different lawman. That could be good, especially for a history buff like myself.
It's pretty darn good my outlook on it,If you a fan of western history and Taylor's shows then you'll like it
So far I think they have done Justice to his character. I was presently surprised.
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It’s about time! We should all know this man’s story. Probably the most badass real life lawman of all time.
Invent black heroes and obscure black villains.
@ReadtheTalmudobviously you do.
@ReadtheTalmud it’s funny that this of all things bothers you.
@@lewstone5430 The reason it doesn't bother you is that you are totally ignorant about what is going on here.
@@ShredCo well then, please tell me what is going on here?
Delroy Lindo played Bass Reeves in The Harder They Fall, an awesome black neo-western on Netflix, with the all-star cast of Idris Elba, Regina King, Jonathan Majors, LaKeith Stanfield and Zazie Beetz. I highly recommend it. Great chemistry with the cast. A lot of charm and charisma in these characters.
Thank you for this. I have to watch it now.
@@Bluesbabesrv 👍🏼
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Loved watching this program.
Thanks for giving a great movie Hollywood played off it's true props. Me as a black man I loved it
Loved this segment and how the light is being shown to such a true legend.
Our history keeps coming ALIVE!!! Fantastic
Well done, Mr. Reeves! Thank you for both your service and bad-assness. Travel well. 💜
I wrote my final college paper on Bass Reeves. I live in Arkansas and was amazed that no one had heard of him. Details were scare about the US Marshall. Professor Art Burton was the only real source I could find. I contacted him and he went out of his way to help me any way he could. I doubt he remembers me but I will always be grateful for his kindness. Bass Reeves was indeed the "real deal" and it makes my heart sing that he is finally getting his due. If you are ever in NW Arkansas (Fort Smith), you can find a statue of Marshall Reeves and his trusty horse located next to Judge Parker's gallows.
Wow!! Thank you!
What a terrific story about this man's life and dedication to the law. Can't wait to see the series!!
@ReadtheTalmudTroll.
First heard of Bass Reeves in 1993 at a road side memorial sign on the Oklahoma/Missouri border. Stunned no movies had made of him.
The series is long long over due.
Another under appreciated figure in movies is Thomas-Alexandre Dumas. Many more roaring stories could be made of his escapades.
Art-your persistence paid off! Thanks for bringing Bass Reeves to the world!
It was mind-blowing to discover that the Lone Ranger was based on the adventures of Bass Reeves. History has always been my favorite subject but Reeves was never mentioned when I was in high school. Just like the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 was ignored by schools. There is a lot of black history that has been suppressed or whitewashed. Now, today's technology is bringing a lot of truths to light.
Black history is American history 💯
Still watching it now🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I remember hearing about him for the first time on a CZcams channel. The history guy.
Invent black heroes and obscure black villains.
Who knew, not me! Back when I went to school, 50’s and 60’s, there wasn’t any black history or American Indian history. We didn’t even graduate learning about WW1, barely touching on WW2 and nothing about the Korean War. Vietnam was happening at the time so we definitely didn’t touch on that in school. Luckily my parents were both vets of WW2 so I learned at home what the schools didn’t teach us. My brother was in Vietnam and there was a lot of news coverage, I also learned from my peers.
Sadly nothing was taught about the contribution and struggles of the black community.
At 73 I continue to learn with an open mind daily.
Now I have another book to read.
Bill Picket comes to mind as well. Tell his story too please
Let these persons be known.
Finally!!!
This guy was the baddest cowboy that ever existed - an American legend.
I grew up on the Apache reservation in Arizona I understand and saw men like Bass Reeves every day. Black men in Arizona, mountain men.
Very interesting. Do you know how some of those folks ended up in that region?
This is a cowboy western show I will watch. True stories of excellent Black people in history that have been erased or overlooked is so important for ALL audiences.
If anything, it is Whites who are having their history erased. And it's not just Confederates. BLM/Antifa rioters vandalized every old white guy statue they could, even one of Hans Christian Heg. Heg was an abolitionist who died fighting for the Union!
There is new US Marshals museum in Fort Smith Ark that celebrates him as well
I heard about Bass Reeves from a BrainPop lesson the kids I was subbing for were doing. He was amazing! I'm so glad he's finally being portrayed onscreen. There are so few shows about Black cowboys and heroes of the Old West.
Bass Reeves has been a hero of mine for years. So happy that he is getting the attention he always deserved.
Black western heroes have a strength, integrity and appeal that may not be well known by everyone. But can never be discounted.. You just learn about them and go, wow....
This series is damn goooooood,cant stop watching it
fascinating true story....unfortunately the show is rather forgettable and disappointing. taylor sheridan "1883" and "wind river" are superior.
I don't even know or heard them,but lawmen us beyond imagination
Great story!
Love these stories
@ReadtheTalmudno it isn't, you are propaganda
This is American History 🇺🇸
@@susannpatton2893 Jealousy is a low vibrational energy.
Have a beautiful evening. 🌞
@ReadtheTalmudCan you explain?
I've enjoyed the first few episodes! Good show!
What a wonderful man. Wow
Wow was just in Fort Smith. So much history!✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
Road trip!!!
I want to go there. What an adventure 😊. It's about time the legend has had his story told.
Please tell more stories like this, even without the Hollywood movie... maybe especially without the Hollywood movie. There are so many stories that'll soon be lost forever if we don't learn them now. Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and his team would be an excellent place to start.
'Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice' im stappling that on my wall
They don’t know where he’s buried because, very likely, he was buried in a “black cemetery” which means his grave is unmarked. Really sad. I would’ve visited his grave and paid my respects.
@ReadtheTalmudstop it horrible
@ReadtheTalmud Sounds like things are not going very well for you. Hope things get better.
Or he was lynched and they hid the body good.
@ReadtheTalmud - So what, this is the USA and we 'claim' to be better than those 'third world countries'.
So, the point of your cruel comment is...??@ReadtheTalmud
The Lone Ranger was actually based on Bass Reeves.
Invent black heroes and obscure black villains.
@@ShredCowhat’s up bro? You got a problem with black people. Stop being a coward and just say so.
@risitacositas1699 So it's been said. I've never seen any documentation for this claim. Have you? And no, that is not to say that Reeves doesn't deserve to be remembered.
@@harold9394 I think he said all he needed to say to Trigger you. 😂
@@nghtwtchmn129 Its kinda like how they said Cleopatra was black, Stonehenge was created by black people and they "wuz Kangs in sheiittt". 😂
A true legend! Glad that his story is being told and brought to light. And with all do respect do not reference Michael Jordan to any type of greatness especially when it comes to black people doing extraordinary things for the great goodwill of blacks
He does deserve a couple of movies about him because Bass Reeves was bigger than life!
So Far so good !! Great show !!
Thank you for this inspiring story. I'm planning to watch the series on real hero. 😊
Then I saw Jane on television and my mind took a wicked turn.....but still a better person because of it.
I sure hope to see this on network or DVD soon.
I love the old West. The firearms and no bs way of life.
Here they are the best gifts tips for the beloved ones, let them Christmas holidays start right away exploring such spectacular legends as best movie projects to work on..later on, go champs go for it 🎉❤🎉
why do they not know where he is buried? So much injustice , obviously a great man and should be celebrated !!
Wow amazing story great his story is being told great job
We are exceptional!
YES! Next, do the story of Robert Smalls!
*"The Lone Ranger's black? That's...awesome!"* ---Timeless
Beautiful man
Thank you
Great series! I'm LOVING IT!
Thank you for sharing Oklahoma history. Please keep the historical episodes coming..
Among others ways to promote Bass Reeves, we have a Bridge named after him, here in Muskogee. Oklahoma.
#Muskogee
#ThreeRiversMuseum
#BassReevesConference
#Whereisbassreevesburied
The real inspiration for the Lone Ranger 😮😮😮
Love hearing about the real wild west history
"Follow the Angels. Follow the Doves." That is the current book on Bass Reeves that is in Paramounts to-do.
One fine man
So cool
IT'S ABOUT TIME!
Excellent show. Hope they have a second season.
We’ve been watching the show Bass Reeves and it’s a great show
Been watching this show and it’s a must see very good show
Wow 😮😮😮 amazing 😅
Episode one was engaging. I've heard The Lone Ranger could have been based on Reeves.
He was based on a story by Zane Grey called the Lone Star Ranger, but there are a lot of touches added to the Lone Ranger story that have similarities to Bass Reeves. Some are stretches, some are pretty neat.
His family is owed royalties
If it wasn't for a certain show about a ragtag team of time-travelers, I wouldn't have heard of Bass Reeves.
An American badass.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I think Louis L'Amour wrote a book with Bass Reevs in it. If anyone still reads those books. It's been years since I have. Time to get them off the shelf again.
He was the inspiration for the lone ranger. It's an interesting story about how that came to be.
No, The Lone Star Ranger is what the Lone Ranger is based on. It was published in 1915, but was itself a reworking of a couple different versions by the same author, Zane Grey.
Bass Reeves’ story shares some similarities, to be sure, but it wasn’t the basis of the Lone Ranger.
@@benboru9013 okay, so they borrowed some details from Bass Reeves for the creation of the lone ranger. He's still the living person to it. I still think it's cool. Very cool. I first learned about him when I scored a couple of seasons of a show called gunslingers on the American heroes channel. Instantly became mildly obsessed with Bass. Such an incredible man
@@loudrimshot And allow me to go on a bit. I put a similar response in a few other comment threads so I may have been a little tired by the time I typed the one to you….
I completely agree with you. First of all I’m not dismissing any connection between the two, it’s just Lone Ranger wasn’t specifically based on Bass Reeves. HOWEVER, there are some really interesting coincidences between Reeves life and the embellishments of the Lone Ranger from the original story he was based on. The tricky part is that there’s nothing verifiable by document or testimony. But the facts are entertaining.
I personally like to think there is a connection, because I love both, but I also don’t think there needs to be a connection. Bass should stand on his own merits, and I worry that when people start claiming that the Lone Ranger was based on him, because it’s a weak argument to make, Reeves will be diminished along with the claim. So for me personally, I think it’s an intriguing anecdote, but don’t want the rising awareness of Bass Reeves to be tethered too strongly to that claim.
I’ve been watching for a while wondering when they’d finally do Bass Reeves some justice, so thank goodness it’s finally come. I haven’t watched the show yet but we’re getting paramount next month and then I’m going to sit down and indulge it!
@@benboru9013 thank you so much for the follow. What you wrote is great and you make some great and important points. Bass should stand on his own Merritt. You're right. His story is an incredible one
That was pretty good
Good Stuff 😊
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This "news" story would not actually be a "commercial" for an upcoming CBS event, would it. Funny now a new series starting is "news" for you guys.
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"Now do John Brown next"
~ Quentin Tarantino
The original Lone Ranger!
Advertising...mixed with a history lesson. Odd that only after a movie did this Awesome Man get his due . He was an icon, a true American hero . But that's how it works. its always the Money driving the legacy media . Not honor ...always selling something or trying to influence.
I magine making a true life bogscreen Western about this icon...
Thetv series will do for now...
Are you ready????
Where is that town at 00:20 ?
I am outraged that I only really heard of Bass Reeves less than a decade ago ...his name should have been mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Wyatt Earp over the last hundred-plus years...
Opie from Muskogee…..Officer and a Gentleman
Learned about him only 3 or 4 years ago, ( PHIL VALENTINE, HISTORIAN/ AUTHOR/ TEACHER) ,it was stated the LONE RANGER tv show was literally based on his life.... Research that for yourself.. look up Phil Valentine
The Lone Ranger was actually based on a Zane Grey story titled the Lone Star Ranger. His origin and everything is taken from that story which was published long before the Lone Ranger came out. There was a book written about Bass Reeves that pointed out similarities between Reeves and the Lone Ranger and then people have taken that and run with it to make absolute claims that Lone Ranger is based on Bass Reeves.
Bass is his own man deserving of all the honor he receives for being who he was and what he did regardless of similarities to anyone else, real or imagined.
One has to wonder if schools will be allowed to teach the history of such people in places like Florida.
Black history is American history👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
dont forget the native americans. there is a lot of ugly in american history, but we can be better.
I learned about Mr. Bass Reeves years ago, The Lone Ranger from my racist boss.
I was shocked.
Why we say Black History is American History.
My gr-grandfather (mother's side) who lived to be 108 yrs old, purportedly ran into Bass out in open territory, in OK. He also ran into Cochise, as well.
My gr-grandfather supposedly couldn't take his eyes off this "law man". Wondered who would / how he got away with "dressing so fancy".
Bass supposedly asked in a very gruff mean tone, " ANYTHING wrong". To which my gr-grandfather said, " No. No sir. I don't suppose there is"....and kept on trucking.
Lol
Gr-grandaddy had sense enough NOT to turn around on his horse.
De Santis doesn't want you to know this...why?
About time!! Good for black kids!!!
Whoever made the call to scale down Bass Reeves EPIC mustache needs to be let go from their position.
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Bass Reeves is not an "untold legend". He is pretty well known.
no mention of Judge Issac Parker of Ft Smith.Arkansas for whom Bass enforced the law for...guess the news doesnt want to mention "the hanging judge"..Bass is honored at the US Marshal's Museum in Ft Smith
Love the show so far - Oyelowo is a great actor but why wasn't an African American cast - Ok - they didnt produce the series!
FBAs!!!!!
I think bass reeves had to a rest his own son because his son killed his wife. If not mistaken.
Untold?
yeah of course the lead is british
Still a cop tho
Copy of story already told on youtube . Late , but hey only certain men not of his appearance can be the originals. Know your history?
fascinating true story....unfortunately the show is rather forgettable and disappointing. taylor sheridan "1883" and "wind river" are superior.
Definitely not untold, stop pushing the black permanent victim narrative. This man was respected and a hero. He was a legend in his own time.
david oyelowo is a miscast he's 5ft 10 playing a legendary figure who was 6ft 2" at a time when average height was between 5ft 7" n 5ft 10" bass reeves towered over men.. also his distinctive mustache was scaled down probably to compensate for the small body size of david oyelowo so he wouldn't resemble the cartoon character yosemite sam
An English man playing the part of an American icon. Only in America. Smh...
With all the caucasian westerns it's great a buffalo soldier as it were like Bass is being commemorated. Bring some episodes to New Mexico when the strike ends. Plenty of film infrastructure to tell his story!
Not a Buffalo soldier- not even as it were. Don't confuse the 2.
@@susannpatton2893Buffalo soldier was slang for black cowboys. Happy to school you.
Sorry but buffalo soldiers were United States Army regiments formed during the 19th century to serve on the American frontier. Wikipedia
@@karenroberts7083And many of them afterwards became free range cowboys. Yay!
@@steveconn and when they did, they became EX Buffalo Soldiers. They were only Buffalo Soldiers while in the employ of the US Army. You are right in that about 25% of cowboys in the old West were black men, either former slaves or freed men but lumping them together with the Buffalo Soldiers doesn't give credit to either group. Also, the term became a derogatory nickname for any army regiment made up of black men during WW1 and WW2. It changed from a name of pride to almost an epithet used by the white units.