Marshall taylor biography

Can you imagine not knowing Babe Ruth? What if Muhammad Ali and his accomplishments had been lost to history?

Major taylor movie

What if you didn't know who the speedy Major Taylor was? It's a good bet that that last man's name left you thinking, "Who?" Intern Noelle Alvey goes into the sports memorabilia collection to look at this forgotten cycling champion.

Forty years before Jesse Owens earned gold at the Berlin Olympics, and fifty years before Jackie Robinson stepped up to bat for the Brooklyn Dodgers, African American cyclist Marshall "Major" Taylor smashed the racial barrier in professional cycling.

Taylor broke through the color lines of bicycle racing to become the world's first black cycling champion, and the first African American world champion of any sport, yet despite his incredible accomplishments few know his amazing story.