Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor joined the ancestors (Nov 26, 1878 - Jun 21, 1932). Pro cyclist who won the world 1-mile track cycling championship, becoming the 1st Black athlete to achieve the level of world champion and only the second Black man to win a world championship, after Canadian boxer George Dixon. Even by modern cycling standards, Taylor could be considered the greatest sprinter of all time.
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"Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, Pro Cyclist." Historianspeaks, June 24, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/marshall-walter-major-taylor-pro-cyclist.
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