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When Rich Strike bolted into horse racing's spotlight in a little over two minutes with his upset Kentucky Derby victory, he shared the stage with his handler, who has long toiled in the shadows constantly tending to the champion colt.

When Rich Strike bolted into horse racing’s spotlight in a little over minute with his Kentucky Derby upset victory, he shared the stage with his handler, who has long toiled

Rich Strike highlights horse racing's lack of diversity | 2022-06-09 13:45:26

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When Rich Strike bolted into horse racing’s spotlight in a little over two minutes with his Kentucky Derby upset victory, he shared the stage with his

Black jockeys won 15 of 28 Kentucky Derbys. But then Jim Crow, segregation and more Latino hires changed the landscape.

Baltimore’s own Kevin Liles is bringing some of his celebrity friends in entertainment and culture to introduce the city’s charms and the significance of Preakness to the world.

A Louisville man is in custody after Jeffersonville police said he attempted to carjack a victim outside of the Clark Memorial Hospital on Feb. 18.

Emmanuel West Jr., food and beverage director at The Ivy Hotel in Baltimore, has created a cocktail that recognizes the Black contribution to the Triple Crown. It arrives just in time for the Preakness Stakes.

Kendrick Carmouche Will be the 1st Black Jockey in Kentucky Derby Since 2013 Kendrick Carmouche will participate in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Photo credit- @NYRA- Twitter According to the Associated Press, Kendrick Carmouche will be the first Black jockey in the Kentucky Derby since 2013, when he competes in it on Saturday. It was also reported that Carmouche is currently one of the few remaining Black jockeys in the U.S. “As a Black rider getting to the Kentucky Derby I hope it inspire...

Allison Shertzer, Randall Walsh The legacy of Jim Crow continues to this day. Contemporary historians, such as Chernow (2017), have cast off the traditional depiction of the ‘carpetbagger era’ and have documented the official and unofficial repression of African Americans in the post-Civil War period. Economic research, such as Lisa Cook’s (2014) study of the dearth of patents for African American inventors, has shown how Blacks and whites have been harmed by the aftereffects of Jim Crow....