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Did you know 13 of the 15 riders in the very first Kentucky Derby were Black? 

Did you know that 15 of the first 28 derbies were won by black riders?

How did the racist origin of Lawn Jockeys get flipped and turned upside from a young enslaved black boy who froze to death to now be sold as blue eyed, white little boys? Phew, this episode Donna & Jonathan get into the intersections of it all. 

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Sources:

https://www.espn.com/horse/columns/misc/1929342.html 

https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/may-17/#:~:text=The%20First%20Derby%20Day,-Popular%20rider%20Oliver&text=The%20Kentucky%20Derby%20was%20begun,relatives%2C%20John%20and%20Henry%20Churchill. 

https://goodblacknews.org/2022/05/09/history-jockey-oliver-lewis-won-the-1st-kentucky-derby-147-years-ago-listen/ 

Now You Know

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lesser-known-history-african-american-cowboys-180962144/ 

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/blackface-birth-american-stereotype