Major Taylor, Bicycle Champion

Major Taylor, Bicycle Racer is a highly readable account of one of the greatest and most neglected athletes in American history.
The book relates for young readers the story of Major Taylor, the first African American to win a major championship in any sport. Taylor was a bicycle racer at the turn of the twentieth century, a time when racing was the most popular sport in America and the world. He was one of the few black athletes allowed to compete against white rivals. He proved himself to ...