Isaac Murphy : : the Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey
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"Isaac Murphy, born enslaved in 1861, still reigns as one of the greatest jockeys in American history. Black jockeys like Murphy were at the top of the most popular sport in America at the end of the nineteenth century. They were internationally famous, the first African American superstar athletes--and with wins in three Kentucky Derbies and countless other prestigious races, Murphy was the greatest of them all. At the same time, he lived through the seismic events of Emancipation and Reconstruction and formative conflicts over freedom and equality in the United States. And inevitably he was drawn into those conflicts, with devastating consequences."--Dust jacket.
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Black lives
PUBLISHED
London : Yale University Press, [2023]
Year Published: 2023
Description: 177 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780300254426
0300254423
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Yale University Press,
SUBJECTS
Murphy, Isaac Burns, -- 1861-1896.
African American jockeys -- United States -- Biography.
Jockeys -- United States -- Biography.
Biographies.