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Major Taylor, c.1900
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“Around the turn of the 20th century, no cyclist in the history of the world had ever ridden as fast as Marshall Taylor, a black athlete who routed his white competitors at a time of entrenched Jim Crow segregation. Taylor, nicknamed “Major” after he performed cycling stunts in an Army uniform as a young man, would pedal around the track in short distance races in what was, at the time, a popular sport the drew crowds large enough to fill Madison Square Garden. He set two world track records in 1896 (at age 15), but was not allowed to compete in the American national championships until four years later, according to the Major Taylor Association. Here he is pictured at 22 years old, several months after winning his first world championship in a one-mile race in Montreal.”
“Around the turn of the 20th century, no cyclist in the history of the world had ever ridden as fast as Marshall Taylor, a black athlete who routed his white competitors at a time of entrenched Jim Crow segregation. Taylor, nicknamed “Major” after he performed cycling stunts in an Army uniform as a young man, would pedal around the track in short distance races in what was, at the time, a popular sport the drew crowds large enough to fill Madison Square Garden. He set two world track records in 1896 (at age 15), but was not allowed to compete in the American national championships until four years later, according to the Major Taylor Association. Here he is pictured at 22 years old, several months after winning his first world championship in a one-mile race in Montreal.”
