african american cyclists

Major" loved to ride his bike. He raced and did tricks, winning award after award. He became one of the best bicycle racers in the United States in just a few years. What happened to this amazing athlete?.

". . . [Provides a] portrait of a groundbreaking but forgotten figure . . . Major Taylor, the black man who broke racial barriers by becoming the world's fastest and most famous bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the life of Major Taylor, an African-American cyclist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who aspired to be named the fastest man alive, focusing on his rivalry with Floyd McFarland, an unscrupulous white rider who pushed Taylor to his limits in a final showdown in Australia in 1904.

A biography of cycling champion Major Taylor who, at the turn of the twentieth century, became the first African-American athlete to break through the racial divide, winning three consecutive world championship titles for the United States.

A biography of Major Taylor, African American bicycle racer, and one of his sport's first American stars.

Introduces the life of the African American bicycle racer who won the 1899 World Championship title.