Action during the upcoming weekend on the North American horse racing calendar focuses squarely on New Orleans, where on Saturday, Jan. 20, Fair Grounds will host the second of its four qualifying points races for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, the Lecomte Stakes.

In 1967, Louisville, Ky. was embroiled in the civil rights movement as Black citizens protested for many months to get the city to pass a law banning discrimination in housing and borrowing.