The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby: The Story of Jimmy Winkfield
by Crystal Hubbard and Robert McGuire
Born into an African American sharecropping family in 1880s Kentucky, Jimmy Winkfield... read more
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- Nonfiction
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- African American
Year Published 2008
Word Count 2,849
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 970L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 125269, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Horse racing
- Europe
- Horse racing--Europe--History--Juvenile literature
- African American jockeys
- Winkfield, Jimmy, 1882-1974
- Jockeys
- Kentucky Derby--History--Juvenile literature
- African American jockeys--Biography--Juvenile literature
- History
- Winkfield, Jimmy
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Sports & Recreation
- Kentucky Derby
- Winkfield, Jimmy, 1882-1974--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Equestrian
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Jockeys--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Horse racing--United States--History--Juvenile literature
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