On This Day in History, May 3rd...

1855: Macon B. Allen becomes the first African-American to be formally admitted to the bar in Massachusetts.

1902: Astride Alan-a-Dale, African-American jockey Jimmy Winkfield wins his second Kentucky Derby in a row.

1921: Walker Smith Jr., known to the world as Sugar Ray Robinson, is born in Ailey, GA.

1933: James Brown, singer, songwriter and known as The Godfather of Soul, is born in Barnwell, S.C.

1951: The Kentucky Derby is televised for the first time.