Breaking Away
Apr 25, 2022
2 minutes
—SUSAN SALAZ
The Major Taylor Velodrome was the city’s first structure built with public money and named after an African-American. As a teenager here in the early 20th century, Marshall “Major” Taylor began a cycling career that led to a world championship. Although he faced relentless racism at the time, he is now embraced by his hometown, with a new mural of
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