print email comment close Beautiful Jim Key URL: http://www.beautifuljimkey.com Description: This site is a companion to a book released in February 2005 about Jim Key, "an educated horse, whose abilities to read, spell, do math, and more, made him more valuable than any racehorse of his time. Together with Dr. [William] Key — an ex-slave, Civil War veteran, horse whisperer, entrepreneur, perhaps the most famous African-American of his day — Jim helped launch a worldwide animal rights movement." Includes images and information about horse and trainer. Extra Keywords Mim Eichler Rivas black Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans Animal welfare Beautiful Jim Key (Horse) Horse trainers Humane education Key, William, 1833-1909 People LII Database Information: Record 2197 created by Maria Brandt on 03/14/2005 Last modification on 03/17/2005 Published: 03/14/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2197