It was time for a Black cowboy hero in the venerable Franco-Belgian comic book series Lucky Luke. But the author, Julien Berjeaut, didn't have a real-life model in mind. "I was about to make up a ...

Art Burton will share tales of frontier marshal Bass Reeves, Cherokee Bill and black cowboys of the Shawnee Trail at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at the Allen Heritage Village, 450 E. St. Mary Drive.

Until recently, the story of Bass Reeves lived in relative anonymity. He was born into slavery in Arkansas in 1838 and went on to be the first black deputy U.S. Marshal in territories west of the ...

From legends like Bass Reeves to today's Bill Pickett Rodeo, Black cowboy history rides strong.