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When Black Jockeys Dominated American Horse Racing African American riders won 15 of the first 28 Kentucky Derbies.

African American riders won 15 of the first 28 Kentucky Derbies and were the highest paid athletes of their day—until white supremacists excluded them. www.history.com/articles/ear... #kentuckyderby #blackjockeys #blackequestrians

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