Five Things You Should Know About Major Taylor
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Marshall "Major" Taylor: One of the World's Greatest Athletes You May Have Never Heard OfA groundbreaking but forgotten figure—the remarkable 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.For More About Major Taylor, Try Michael Kranish's THE WORLD'S FASTEST MAN: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero: https://bit.ly/2TOM93w
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