old newspaper clipping from The Jersey City News, Friday, August 22, 1902 featuring a headline "NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN / Major Taylor to Meet Kramer Today and Tomorrow in Championship Races. / TITLE IS AT STAKE NOW / Colored Rider May Yet Win Out-Night Races Yesterday on Two Tracks-Notes." Alongside is a cartoon of a man in a pith helmet riding some sort of fictional floating VIctorian dirigible at the front step of a wealthy person's home. Caption reads, "Tramp of the Future: 'Please, mum, can yer give a poor fellow a trifle toward gettin' a noo cylinder for his flyin' machine? This one's got so old an' rotten that there's no knowin' any minit but wot it might bust an' blow me to shivers!'"

#BlackHistoryMonth #BikeSky #MajorTaylor

RE: https://mastodon.social/@lars_amenda/113550812376258523

Heute #otd vor 147 Jahren wurde #MajorTaylor geboren. #Fahrradgeschichte #Sportgeschichte

Proud to introduce the bipartisan Marshall “Major” Taylor Congressional Gold Medal Act alongside Congressman Jim Baird and 43 of our House colleagues. Major Taylor was a trailblazer whose perseverance and excellence broke barriers and inspired generations. #MajorTaylor

American Illustration 43 Winner @kadirnelson.bsky.social
#publication @newyorkermag.bsky.social
CHIC couple walk in the rain

#artofinstagram #americanillustration43 #illustrationdaily
#kadirnelson #summer2025 #majortaylor #newyorker #love #rain #relationship

this goes fucking hard #majortaylor

Kadir Nelson’s “Major Taylor, a Champion Who Led the Way”

For the cover of the June 2, 2025, issue, the artist Kadir Nelson features Marshall W. (Major) Taylor leading a parade of bicyclists from eras past and present. #majortaylor

Visited the museum devoted to the Fastest Man on two wheels! Major Taylor was a national hero and an international sensation and we should talk about him more #cycling #history #majortaylor

Rough cut. Still working on a v.o. for this one. #talenspantone #royaltalensna #majortaylor #process #majortaylorgraphicnovel

The worst crash of #majortaylor ‘s career was during his second tour of #Australia, the result of an intentional foul. Having suffered some bad crashes personally, this was hard to draw #process #timelapse #timelapseinks #australia #velodrome #Melborne #traditionalmedia #traditionalmediacartoonist

It’s been a minute since I posted one of these #majortaylor #process #timelapse #timelapseinks #australia #velodrome #adelaideoval #traditionalmedia #traditionalmediacartoonist

It’s been a minute since I posted one of these #majortaylor #process #timelapse #timelapseinks #australia #velodrome #adelaideoval #traditionalmedia #traditionalmediacartoonist

Driven, strategic, and always eager to grow, Deonte is not just leading—he’s paving the way for future generations. His journey is a powerful reminder that resilience and vision can transform lives. He is a living legacy. #BlackHistoryMonth #LivingLegacy #MajorTaylor #DeonteHawkins

www.patreon.com/posts/122149... New #MajorTaylor post on my #Patreon

@jeremy-souphead.bsky.social
#BlackHistoryMonth2025
#Heroes
#MajorTaylor

Did you know? In the late 1870s, Black and White Americans raced together in cycling. Last night, author Robert Turpin and the Major Taylor Cycling Club joined us at The Filson to highlight Black cyclists' early contributions to the sport.

#BHM #BlackHistory #MajorTaylor #CyclingHistory

#WorcesterCountyBarAssociation Members - The WCBA Committee for Anti-Racism and equity invites you to a presentation and discussion about the inter-relation between #BlackHistory and #Nipmuc history in our region!

Thursday, February 27, 2025 from 5:30 - 7:00 at #MajorTaylor Museum.

Major Taylor: The first Black American global sports superstar He shattered world records abroad but was shunned at home. Now, the greatest athlete you've never heard of could receive the US' highest civilian honour.

Marshall "Major" Taylor:

The #first #Black #American #global #sports #superstar

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#US #MajorTaylor #WorldChampion #cyclist

Major Taylor: The first Black American global sports superstar He shattered world records abroad but was shunned at home. Now, the greatest athlete you've never heard of could receive the US' highest civilian honour.

#BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #MajorTaylor #cycling

I’ve been pretty heads down and mum on #MajorTaylor. I’m finally winding down production, 4 years and about 400 pages later. I won’t rhapsodize but man…what a long, strange trip it has been.

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#MajorTaylor inks du jour

I have had a few out-of-the-blue discoveries while completing the #MajorTaylor graphic novel. This page, from an 1897 issue of #BearingsMagazine discovered on #InternetArchive hasn’t turned up in any of the voluminous research I’ve done. Quite a gem, seeing 18 year old pre-fame Taylor here.

I'm pissed at bluesky.
I was watching one those history shows and they were talking about Major Taylor. One of the greatest Black athletes of all time and the first American super athlete.
Blue won't let me post a pic of him.
#MajorTaylor

I rarely buy stuff for myself, but it's usually this kind of thing. A Major Taylor t-shirt. Helps me sell our Major feature film script...I think. #bicycling #majortaylor

I actually didn’t ‘know the way’ to the bank she was looking for but, together, we puzzled it out on my iPhone. She also told me her daddy was a huge cycling fan and that his hero was #MajorTaylor. I told her, “Me too!” #Indy

#ProcreateLettering of my favorite pages in #MajorTaylor His wife #DaisyMorris was mostly relegated to the sidelines. A fierceness in Daisy, was unearthed in one his #biographies I’ve read. I’ve tried to pull her a little out of the shadow. I’d love her point of view. #MajorTaylorGraphicNovel

Rockin my new #MajorTaylor #Austin T-shirt today.

Yesterday’s inks.
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ALLEZ! 🚴🏿

#majortaylor #majortaylorgraphicnovel #drawandquarterly #drawnandquarterlycomics #blackartist #blackcyclist #wip

#MajorTaylor was born November 26th, 1878. Here’s a WayBackWednesday #Repost from 2016
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I made the pilgrimage! Thanks to Lynne Tolman for the hospitality #majortaylor #worcester #majortaylorassociation #cyclingphotos