Major Taylor
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Oct 1, 2026
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And we are going to honor their legacies and tell you all about some of the most incredible brown and black people in the history of not our country, only in the world.
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Marshall Major Taylor was born in Indianapolis in 1878, one of the most dominant cyclists in the world, when cycling was actually more popular then.
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In 1899, he won the World One Mile Sprint Championship in Montreal, making him the first black American
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world champion in cycling.
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He told his own story in his autobiography, The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World.
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Today, he's remembered as one of the first black superstars in all of American sports.
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Marshall Major Taylor.
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Bessie Coleman, born in 1892.