Major: A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being by Todd Balf

Major: A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being


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Major: A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being Todd Balf
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At the turn of the 20th century, hundreds of handsome, lightning-fast racers won the hearts and minds of a bicycling-crazed public. Scientists studied them, newspapers glorified them, and millions of dollars in purse money was awarded to them. Major Taylor aimed to be the fastest of them all. A prominent black man at a time when such a thing was deemed scandalous, his mounting victories, high moral virtue, and bulletlike riding style made him a target for ridicule from the press and sabotage by the white riders who shared the track with him. Taylor’s most formidable and ruthless opponent—a man nicknamed the “Human Engine”—was Floyd McFarland. One...

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