The claim: Black lawn jockey statues are remnants of the Underground Railroad. A long-lasting defense of a statue many consider racist has regained traction on social media.

The lawn jockey is the most detestable of all – or so most people have been led to believe. In Southern college towns, it used to be sport for students to steal those little black metal men and ...

The black lawn jockey is typically thought of as a piece of racist memorabilia, but a viral Facebook post in January 2016 sought to reverse that image by claiming that these miniature statues ...

While many stories about the black lawn jockey’s origin abound, one of the more popular ones has it that George Washington created the first Faithful Groomsman in honor of a frozen slave.

A lawn jockey statue displayed in front of a Barrington antique shop has sparked debate over whether it’s a racist caricature or it honors the positive role such objects supposedly played in ...

Q: How did the tradition of putting black lawn jockeys in front of houses get started? — E.L., Newport News A: The lawn jockey, a small, cast-iron statue once found at the entrance to homes a… ...

A long-lasting defense of a statue many consider racist has regained traction on social media. An August 2020 Facebook post recycles the long-standing claim that Black lawn jockey statues are not a ...

The Black lawn jockey is a racist symbol, and it’s hard to imagine any modern person seeing it as anything else. Your neighbors have made a visual declaration: “We like this!” ...

Some say it even resembles a black lawn jockey. Tomorrow night the Reading Phillies – a minor league team – will give away a special promotional item to fans who come to watch them play the Trenton ...