Who knew?? 🏇🏽🏇🏽🏇🏽 That’s why we continue to #TeachThemWhereWeCanReachThem #blackhistory #blackhistoryisamericanhistory sallymcmullin 🤎 ‘BLACK HISTORY We Should All Know’ 👉🏾OLIVER LEWIS won the first KENTUCKY DERBY (May 1875) 👉🏾 He rode ARISTIDES which was trained by a Black horse trainer ANSEL WILLIAMSON 👉🏾13 of the 15 jockeys were Black 👉🏾15 of the first 28 Kentucky Derby Races were won by BLACK JOCKEYS 👉🏾 Oliver was born December 1856 👉🏾 sources: KET YouTube + Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture + Kentucky.gov + Kentucky Derby YouTube + BBC 📸 Kentake + Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture + Painting by Ed Troye / Virginia Museum of Fine Arts via African American Horse Stories (Ansel Williamson) #BlackHistory #BlackStories #BlackFirsts #OliverLewis #AnselWilliamson #KentuckyDerby #Aristides #KYDerby