In this edition of Reflections In Black, Raven Cook discusses U.S. Marshall Bass Reeves, a freed enslaved person who became a U.S. law enforcement officer overseeing western Arkansas.
Reflections in Black: Bass Reeves
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In this edition of Reflections In Black, Raven Cook discusses U.S. Marshall Bass Reeves, a freed enslaved person who became a U.S. law enforcement officer overseeing western Arkansas.