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Economic Impact of Black Cowboys and Buffalo Soldiers
IN THE AMERICAN WILD WEST AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
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Author Liz Lawless
Stagecoach Mary Fields (1831-1914)
First Black Woman to Deliver Mail in United States
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Author Liz Lawless
Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
First Black Marshal West of the Mississippi
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Author Liz Lawless
James Beckwourth (1798-1866)
Trapper, Trader & Army Scout (illustration Hatice Bayramoglu)
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Mytris Dightman (1935-)
Most Famous African American Bull Rider (Photo courtesy of Don Russell)
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Author Liz Lawless
Herb Jeffries A True Renaissance Man
What an honor it was to know you my Vintage friend
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Author Liz Lawless

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Sam Allen Buffalo Soldier Storyteller
North Texas Buffalo Soldiers
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Author Liz Lawless
World Painter Lap Ngo from Vietnam, Paris, Africa & Texas What A Journey
Always Art From A Child Coloring on the Floor in Laos to Retirement in Allen, TX
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Historical and Living Legends
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Author Liz Lawless
James Pierson Beckwourth
PROMINENT TRAPPER & INDIAN FIGHTER 1798-1866
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