Results for subject term "Black jockey": 3
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James "Jimmy" Winkfield
Winkfield raced in the United States from 1899 to 1904. He won 161 races in 1901 alone. When Jim Crow injustice finally reached the racetracks, like many other African American jockeys, it eventually forced him off the tracks. Winkfield was the last…
Edward Dudley Brown
This Italianate cottage was the home of Edward Dudley Brown (1848-1906), who in one lifetime went from slave to jockey to trainer to owner. Separated from his family at eight and sold into slavery to Robert A. Alexander of Woodburn Farm in Woodford…
Murphy House Lot and Murphy Memorial Garden
At one point Murphy was the highest-paid jockey in the United States and had the best win percentage in thoroughred-racing history. This is the site of his home, no longer standing, but documented as a two story, approximately 1850-built red brick…