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Nancy Hays: Providing children with historical role models through fiction

Nancy shares about her book Riding For America about Black jockey Isaac Burns Murphy. She explains how Isaac's story appeals to all ages.

Performer Nancy Hays joins Rick Kogan to talk about her novel and stage play, ‘Riding for America’, which shares the story of American jockey Isaac Burns Murphy.

"I believe that telling the Riding for America story could change lives for the better and enlighten people of all ages about the real history of thoroughbred horse racing in our country and the Black jockey’s place in its origins."

Nancy Hays discusses her involvement with the Kentucky Department of Tourism campaign and her passion for telling the story of black jockey Isaac Burns Murphy through a screenplay, stage play, YA Novel and High School Presentation with poetry and music.