Inside the overlooked history of black horse race jockeys

During the earliest years of the Kentucky Derby, black jockeys rode most of the winning horses. But then Jim Crow arrived and white jockeys took their place. Now a new generation of African-American sportsmen is helping to honor this untold legacy.

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