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Major Taylor’s 1928 Autobiography Speaks to Us through the Decades

Some pros refused to cross the “color line.” He cited three-time national champion Eddie (The Cannon) Bald. Andrew Ritchie in Major Taylor: The Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer said that Bald had no prejudice against him. Taylor wrote that Bald complained about the volume of letters he received from fans scolding him for recognizing a Black man.

Recounting when W.E. Becker had choked him till the police intervened, Taylor wrote judges disqualified Becker and ordered the race to be re-run. “I was too badly injured to start,” he said. Becker was suspended for a couple of days and fined $50, paid for by white riders.

Taylor reprints a booklet by Paris journalists Paul Hamelle and Robert Coquelle, Major Taylor, the King of the Cycle, His Appearance, and Career. They said his skin color, “which had always been a serious drawback for him in America, was already a benefit to him in this country.” Upon Taylor’s arrival in Cherbourg, in northern F

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One of a kind: the life of Sydney Taylor
(Book)

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Rita Sydney Taylor (1904 - abt. 2005)

RitaSydney(Sydney)Taylor aka Brown

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors

Daughter of Marshall Walter Taylor and Daisy Victoria (Morris) Taylor

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

Mother of Dallas Cloverdale Brown

Died about at about age 101 [location unknown]

Profile last modified | Created 6 Mar 2019

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Biography

Rita was born in 1904. She was the daughter of Major Taylor and Daisy Morris. She was married to Dallas Cloverdale Brown, and through their son Dallas Cloverdale Brown Jr. had 5 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren at her death. She passed away in 2005.[1][2]

Sources

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors. (2021, January 19). Major Taylor. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23:20, February 4, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Major_Taylor&oldid=1001383518
  2. ↑ Obituary: Sydney Taylor Brown / Psychiatric social worker from Schenley Heights, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 17 May 2005. Accessed 4 Feb 2021.
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