First Kentucky Derby Winner: Oliver Lewis
— AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@AfricanArchives) September 6, 2023
In 1875, Oliver Lewis became the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby, America's longest continuous sporting event. Lewis was born in 1856 in Fayette Country, Kentucky, to his parents Goodson and Eleanor Lewis. Lewis was born free, but… pic.twitter.com/GFLGAjWeBS
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