Lawmen: S1 Bass Reeves

His story was one season only. I do believe I read they are doing more seasons but they will each focus on a different historical figure.

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. Imagine how hard the MF'er was to be black and track down people

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it's fiction. not hard to imagine fiction.

Season 2 still hasn’t been announced, either way don’t get attached to Bass because they said awhile back it would be about someone else from that time period if it does come back.

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it's fiction. not hard to imagine fiction.

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Bass Reeves was real. There's a lot flying under the radar. For example, I never heard of the Tulsa Race Massacre until the Watchmen TV series. For another, I was listening to classical radio on Apple Music, and I wondered, "What's that Dvorak piece?" I looked it up, and it wasn't Dvorak. It was written by a composer named Florence Price, an African-American woman who lived from 1887-1953. Turns out she wrote quite a bit of perfectly charming music, from symphonies to chamber music. There's probably a great story to tell about her.

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example, I never heard of the Tulsa Race Massacre until the Watchmen TV series

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I heard about it before then but really looked into it after seeing Watchmen.

It was a huge WTF America moment. I’m not “woke” or in any way believing that the father’s sins should be revisited on the son but it should be something taught about more.

This last year I learned about the Boston Molasses flood and the Cleveland Balloon incident. Not that those are on the same level.

ETA: from all accounts, Bass Reeves was a genuine badass dude. Everybody from that era has a bit of embellishment, but if half of his wiki is true, it’s still amazing.