African American jockey Erskine Henderson wins 3 derbies in 1885

            After the Civil War, black men became the country's great jockeys until they were locked out by Jim Crow laws. One such example was African American jockey Erskine Henderson, who rode horse Joe Cotton to win the Kentucky Derby, Tennessee Derby, and Coney Island (New York) Derby all in the same year.

That’s quite a feat.

This is one of many posters of post-Reconstruction (1865-1877) African American jockeys exhibited at the International Horse Museum at Kentucky Horse Park.

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Taken in: United States / Kentucky / Donerail (show map)

Taken on: September 9, 2018

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