Marshall Major Taylor: The Trailblazing Cyclist You Need to Know
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- Ever heard of Marshall Major Taylor? He's not just any cyclist; he's the first African-American to win a world championship in any sport! Dive into this captivating story that takes you from his humble beginnings to his groundbreaking achievements and the challenges he faced. 🌟
🌱 **Early Life**: Discover how Taylor got his first bike and how it changed his life forever. 🚲
🎪 **Stunt Performer**: Learn about Taylor's early days performing stunts and how it led him to competitive cycling. 🤹♂️
🏆 **Rise to Fame**: From winning a 75-mile road race to becoming a world champion, Taylor's journey is nothing short of inspiring. 🌍
👥 **Mentorship**: Meet Louis D. "Birdie" Munger, the man who saw Taylor's potential and turned him into a champion. 🤝
🏁 **Racial Barriers**: Understand the racial prejudice Taylor faced in a predominantly white sport and how he overcame it. ✊
📉 **Post-Career Struggles**: Taylor's life after cycling was fraught with challenges. Learn about his financial hardships and how he tried to preserve his legacy. 📚
🌐 **Legacy**: Major Taylor's impact is still felt today. From books to historical markers, his story continues to inspire. 📖
👍 **Like & Subscribe**: If you found Major Taylor's story as inspiring as we did, don't forget to like and subscribe for more untold stories in sports history! 🌟
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Virtual: Critical Conversation on Race and Major Taylor
Selected Resources:
Ritchie, Andrew. Major Taylor : the Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer. San Francisco: Bicycle Books, 1988. Print.
Cline-Ransome, Lesa, and James Ransome. Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist. 1st ed. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004. Print.
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Buried in Potter's Field: Marshall Major Taylor's Sad Ending
Been waiting on this video. Good job. Marshal Major Taylor should be celebrated.
Thanks!! I am happy I could finally get it done. I hope I did it justice.
This is my first time hearing of him. Great commentary of his legacy. Thanks for bringing him to light. Seemed like he was a great athlete.
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Thanks for enlightening me on Marshal’s story. I did not know that he was an accomplished athlete. Great Job in highlighting his success and identifying how these successes are finally being recognized. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks! I appreciate you watching, Angela.
Great content.
The story of Marshal Major Taylor is really interesting, I wish I had been able to see the exhibit! As an Indy resident, it’s interesting how there’s many examples of tributes of him around the city but I had never heard about him before
🙏🏾 sorry you didn’t get to see the exhibit.
This was great - a story more people should know about - some great questions thrown up through the video. Thanks for a really enlightening one!
Thanks for watching!!
@@SportsTalkTechgreat story... enjoyed.
Incredible athlete with a great legacy! Nice video. I really liked your ending question and I think it extends beyond athletics.
Thank you!!!
I live in Worcester Massachusetts awesome
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I have first edition copy of his book which is very well written! Marshall Taylor was the first African American with a World Title in Any Sport. Well before boxing, baseball, football, or basketball, so why aren't Africans and African-Americans pro-cyclists contending for a win at Tour de France?
Thanks for sharing, Ernest! It's awesome that you have a first edition copy of Major Taylor's book. As for your question about participation in cycling, it's a bit complex. On the one hand, access to riding clubs is crucial. Role models are also important, as they provide young people with a visible path to success in the sport. It's a multifaceted issue, but it would be great to see more Black cyclists at the elite levels. Then, they might be more competitive for major titles.
During trip to DRC I bicycle primary transport in rainforest, but the access to good equipment was extremely poor. I visited with DRC Olympic cycling coach and team in Kinshasa and found strong riders on relative junk to ride on.
Taylor's story is yet another one which makes clear people of African descent in the US would do well to abandon the idea that this country will ever live up to its ideals, and accept the sobering (and all to often, deadly) reality that life is better outside of America than within it (for us), as this is the sad, unchanging reality of who/what America is.
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While the majority of your retelling of Major Taylor's life if accurate the comment about Taylor suffering from alcoholism is not true. Taylor abstained from drinking his entire life.
Thanks. It seems I may have made an error in my research. I will look into correcting it.
We made the edit. It should be up soon. Thanks for catching it. I went back and read the last chapter of Ritchie’s book too….