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Black, Red and Deadly: Black and Indian Gunfighters of the Indian Territory, 1870-1907 Paperback – Illustrated, August 1, 1991

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Cherokee Bill, one of the meanest of the mean, was hanged for the murder of thirteen men by the time he was twenty. Author Art Burton recounts the exploits of Cherokee Bill and other black and Indian outlaws and lawmen in Black, Red, and Deadly, the story of law and lawlessness in the Indian Territory. He also tells of Dick Glass, the most notorious African American outlaw during the 1880s; Ned Christie, the most feared Indian outlaw of his time; the Rufus Buck gang, who gained instant notoriety with murder, plunder, and rape; as well as others who rode the trail of crime. The author introduces Ezekiel Proctor, the only man with whom the U.S. government made a treaty; Indian policemen known as "Lighthorsemen"; fearless Sam Sixkiller; black men who rode for Judge Parker, the "hanging judge," such as Grant Johnson; and Bass Reeves, the greatest manhunter of them all. African Americans were hired as peace officers because of their knowledge of Indian Territory. All-black calvary units built Fort Sill in the 1870s and kept settlers in check before the Land Run of 1889 when Oklahoma Territory was opened to settlement.

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Art T. Burton received a B.A. and a M.A. in African American Studies from Governors State University. He retired in 2015 after spending 38 years in higher education, as a history teacher, at Prairie State College and South Suburban College and administrator in African American Student Affairs at Benedictine University, Loyola University Chicago and Columbia College Chicago. In 1991, Burton wrote the first book on African American and Native American outlaw and lawmen in the Wild West. It is titled Black, Red and Deadly: Black and Indian Gunfighters of the Indian Territory, 1870-1907. In 1999, Burton wrote the first book on African Americans who were scouts and soldiers in the Wild West. The book is titled Black Buckskin and Blue: African American Scouts and Soldiers on the Western Frontier. In 2007, Burton wrote the first scholarly biography on an African American lawman of the Wild West. This work is titled, Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves. Some of the honors Mr. Burton has received include being named a "Territorial Marshal" by Gov. David Walters of Oklahoma in 1995; being inducted into "Who's Who in Black Chicago" in 2007; inducted into the Hall of Fame at the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum in Fort Worth, Texas in 2008; inducted into "Who's Who in America" in 2010; and was given the "Living Legend Award" by the Bare Bones Film Festival in Muskogee, Oklahoma in 2015." Burton has appeared in four documentaries for the History Channel on cable television. He was a participant on BET's Teen Summit with Mario Van Peebles for discussion on the movie Posse. In 2015, Burton appeared on FOX Cables' Legends and Lies Series, episode title, "The Real Lone Ranger" and was a participant in the AHC Cable series Gunslingers episode on Bass Reeves. Burton spoke at the B. B. King Symposium at Mississippi Valley State University in the fall of 2018 on African American and Native American cultures. In July 2019, Burton was the keynote speaker at the 10th Anniversary Bass Reeves Western History Conference in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Eakin Press; First Edition (August 1, 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 322 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0890159947
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0890159941
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.08 x 0.92 x 9.12 inches

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BbP

black and red

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2013

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6 stars * * * * * *

black,red and deadly __ (in oklahoma)

by-art burton-BA & MA degrees.
1991--304pgs.

23 pages of PRICELESS Photos.

++ REGRETTABLY, MOST OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
and SAGAS of the African American & INDIAN GUN-
FIGHTERs have NEVER been told in book form .......
...............UNTIL now !.++

OUTLAWS and LAWMEN....vERy iNTERestING men
.....real OLD WEST characters THAT the --TV-- and
--MOVIE-- industry DIDNOT invent.

On page 273 --2 photos of my husbands great great
gfather ---CHIEF CHITTO HARJO aka CRAZY SNAKE--
CREEK-Indian. Story OF the CREEKS--pg 130.

^^^^^Author-- BURTON had a ^VISION^ when
he wrote---this book.^^^^^

bette-- okc-- 64

just got this book out and re-read it--just as
good
the second/third- fourth time around--bbp 10/2014.

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Fred Staff

Black, Red, and Deadly

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2011

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I first read this book when I was doing graduate work at the University of Central Oklahoma. I have since purchased it and was happy that it was available. I do not believe anyone who loves the West and the the lawmen who concurred it can go without reading this book.
While it is written with much documentation it reads well. I could not put it down and never could get it out of my mind, after reading it the first time.
I feel that Art has opened a new world to those who have no idea about the black man's influence on the history of Oklahoma add the West.

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Masterfully Historical

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2013

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This books gives an enlightening account of the post civil war years when great Law Enforcers, including Indians, Black Freedman "Lighthorse" troops and the Federal Marshals who were commissioned to make the Akansas/Oklahoma Territory a safe place for all people to live. The historical facts of the Indian, Black and White outlaws and the Black, Indian and White lawmen tells a point in American History that might have been lost through the passing years.

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2013

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I wrote to Clint Eastwood and begged him to read this book and to consider making a movie of the great stories recorded by Mr. Burton. Any reader that is interested in the Indian Country era or our nation, will not be disappointed by reading this book.

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Michael Freeman

Interesting piece of American history

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2002

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Overall this was a pretty good book. Though it seemed a little disjointed at times, it was interesting reading about some Oklahoma history that usually isn't addressed.
The book discusses some of the most notorious black and Indian outlaws (and lawmen) of the Indian (and then Oklahoma) territory. I must admit that I had not heard of most of the names. I was surprised to read of how many black men had served as deputy United States Marshals in this region before statehood.
The author seems to have done extensive research on the subjet, and quotes regularly from newspaper articles and other writings from the late 1800's and early 1900's.

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Cedrick

thanks America!

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2015

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I just finished the author's other book on Bass Reeves and got this shortly after. Another great read. He combines actual newspaper readings along with witnesses first hand accounts. These books are phenomenal. Real history and not His-story that they taught us in school. Thanks America for being so racist that you basically wiped out these men from history but thanks to books like these we can actually get a glimpse of how it really was in the west.

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Bill

A well written book.

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2019

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A well written book of black good guys and bad guys in Indian Territory.

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Oyaade

This came in great condition, much sooner than expected 😄 I am ...