Black History Month | Pixabay by ekavesh
Black History Month | Pixabay by ekavesh
In celebration of Black History Month, for 28 days consecutively Farmington Hills honors the contributions of African Americans.
Black History Fact #20: Did you know that one in four cowboys was Black? It’s believed that the fictional character of The Lone Ranger was based on
Bass Reeves, who was born into slavery but fled westward during the Civil War and eventually became a Deputy U.S. Marshal. To learn more about Bass
Reeves, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Reeves.
Original source can be found here.
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