ISAAC MURPHY: The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey

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 19th-century. Uncovers the history of his troubled life, his death in 1896 at age 35, and his afterlife. Illus.