Mixed media on paper mounted in panel
7 × 9in
Gold hand buffed frame
James "Soup" Perkins (February 28, 1879 – August 10, 1911) gained prominence as a celebrated African American thoroughbred jockey. He became known as one of the youngest riders to secure a victory in the Kentucky Derby. He became the winningest jockey in the United States in 1895, securing 192 victories out of 762 mounts. His riding career was tragically cut short by the late 1890s due to physical struggles with weight and severe, rising anti-Black systemic racism. Jim Crow laws and white-led unions aggressively forced premier Black jockeys out of American racing.
Mixed media on paper mounted in panel
7 × 9in
Gold hand buffed frame
James "Soup" Perkins (February 28, 1879 – August 10, 1911) gained prominence as a celebrated African American thoroughbred jockey. He became known as one of the youngest riders to secure a victory in the Kentucky Derby. He became the winningest jockey in the United States in 1895, securing 192 victories out of 762 mounts. His riding career was tragically cut short by the late 1890s due to physical struggles with weight and severe, rising anti-Black systemic racism. Jim Crow laws and white-led unions aggressively forced premier Black jockeys out of American racing.
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