The Legacy of Black Horsemen
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):
Sunday, July 21, at 2 PM
Tuesday, July 23, at 5 PM
Wednesday, July 24, at 3 AM
Fusion (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2):
Monday, July 22, at 9 PM
Learn the stories of Black jockeys, trainers, owners, grooms and exercisers in the 1800s whose contributions helped lay the foundation for the Thoroughbred industry.
This era paralleled slavery, the outbreak of the Civil War and the ensuing segregation and Jim Crow laws that generations would face and overcome.