Cycling Club Raises Funds for Dorsey Track Team
March 7, 2024
The Major Taylor Cycling Club Los Angeles will hold a fundraiser to aid the track team at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles.
The Major Taylor Cycling Club Los Angeles will hold a fundraiser to aid the track team at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles.
Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1878. Major Taylor participated in his first bike race as a teenager. Shortly after, he moved to Worcester, Massachusetts to become a professional cyclist. Throughout his career, he received several world records from competing in races around the world but that didn’t stop the racist fans from throwing things at him and competitors trying to bump him off the track during his races. One competitor by the name of W.E. Becker choked Taylor until the police separated the two.