Was An African American Cop The Real 'Lone Ranger'?

Original 'Lone Ranger' Black?
FILE - This file publicity image released by Disney shows Johnny Depp, right, as Tonto, in a scene from "The Lone Ranger." For months, questions have swirled about whether developers, activists or tribes would be willing to plunk down millions to buy the Wounded Knee National Landmark. Now there?s a new potential buyer in the mix: Johnny Depp. (AP Photo/Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Jerry Bruckheimer Inc., Peter Mountain, File)
FILE - This file publicity image released by Disney shows Johnny Depp, right, as Tonto, in a scene from "The Lone Ranger." For months, questions have swirled about whether developers, activists or tribes would be willing to plunk down millions to buy the Wounded Knee National Landmark. Now there?s a new potential buyer in the mix: Johnny Depp. (AP Photo/Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Jerry Bruckheimer Inc., Peter Mountain, File)

More than a century before Johnny Depp wore a terrifying crow headpiece in new Disney film "The Lone Ranger," another hero of the Wild West was carefully arranging his own remarkable disguise.

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