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Major Taylor Rides Again in New Biography Portraying His Battles with Career-Threatening Jim Crow Racism

Jun 9, 2019

Book review by cycling historian and author and USBHOF director Peter Joffre Nye THE WORLD’S FASTEST MAN: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America’s First Black Sports Hero By Michael Kranish. 384 pp. Illustrated. Scribner. Major Taylor remains widely...

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