Learn More About Black Horsemen

For More on Black Horsemen

If you are interested in learning more about Black Horsemen, Phoenix Rising Lex recommends the following books, websites and museum exhibits.

Books

• Race Horse Men: How Slavery and Freedom were made at the Racetrack, Katherine Mooney,
  Ph.D., Harvard University Press, 2014
• The Prince of Jockeys: The Life of Isaac Burns Murphy, Pellom McDaniels III, Ph.D., University
  Press of Kentucky, 2013
• Great Black Jockeys, Ed Hotaling, Prima Lifestyles, 1999
• Black Maestro: The Epic Life of an American Legend. Joe Drape, McGraw-Hill, 2006
• Wink: The Incredible Journey of Jimmy Winkfield, Ed Hotaling, McGraw-Hill, 2005
• How Kentucky Became Southern: A Tale of Outlaws, Horse Thieves, Gamblers, and Breeders,
  Maryjean Wall, Ph.D., University Press of Kentucky, 2010
• The Kentucky Derby: How the Run for the Roses Became America’s Premier Sporting Event,
  James C. Nicholson, Ph.D., University Press of Kentucky, 2012

Museum Exhibits:

• “Black Horsemen of the Kentucky Turf,” a permanent exhibit at the International
  Museum of the Horse, Kentucky Horse Park

On the Web:

• Black jockeys rode into history: Ed Hotaling, http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2000-02-06/topic/0002090294_1_jockeys-engraving-black
• The Kentucky Derby’s Forgotten Jockeys, by Lisa K. Winkler, 2009 Smithsonian.com, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-kentucky-derbys-forgotten-jockeys-128781428/#ixzz2tPiXSHW7
• Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, Univ. of KY. Special Collections  http://nkaa.uky.edu/subject.php?sub_id=57
• Lexington’s African Cemetery 2  www.africancemeteryno2.org
• Black Horsemen of the Kentucky Turf exhibit online, International Museum of the Horse http://imh.org/exhibits/current/black-horsemen-of-the-kentucky-turf/index.html
• Chronicle of African American Horsemen http://imh.org/education/the-chronicle-of-african-americans-in-the-horse-industry/