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How African-Americans disappeared from the Kentucky Derby

  • Written by Katherine Mooney, Assistant Professor of History, Florida State University
From 1921 to 2000, no black jockeys competed. Wikimedia Commons

When the horses enter the gate for the 143rd Kentucky Derby, their jockeys will hail from Louisiana, Mexico, Nebraska and France. None will be African-American. That’s been the norm for quite a while. When Marlon St. Julien rode the Derby in 2000, he became the first black man to...

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