Major Taylor Association
@majortaylor99.bsky.social
Honoring bicyclist Marshall "Major" Taylor, the Worcester Whirlwind, who overcame racial prejudice to become 1899 world champion. majortaylorassociation.org
Born on this date, Nov. 26, 1878: Marshall "Major" Taylor, aka the Worcester Whirlwind, 1889 world champion cyclist, author of "The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World." Grateful to Alex from @massbike.bsky.social at Worcester Public Library for the glow-up.
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Born on this date, Nov. 26, 1878: Marshall "Major" Taylor, aka the Worcester Whirlwind, 1889 world champion cyclist, author of "The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World." Grateful to Alex from @massbike.bsky.social at Worcester Public Library for the glow-up.
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Our amazing speaker last night from the Major Taylor Association, plus one of the many Major Taylor fans who came out to hear her! Thank you, Lynne, and thank you, Guy for coming to experience the Bay State Major Taylor experience!
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Our amazing speaker last night from the Major Taylor Association, plus one of the many Major Taylor fans who came out to hear her! Thank you, Lynne, and thank you, Guy for coming to experience the Bay State Major Taylor experience!
The true story of the Worcester Whirlwind, next Thursday in Fitchburg www.majortaylorassociation.org/events.shtml
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The true story of the Worcester Whirlwind, next Thursday in Fitchburg www.majortaylorassociation.org/events.shtml
Worth a listen: "The Fastest Man You Never Knew" -- this week's Monday Monologue (9 minutes) and Thursday Thread (13 minutes) by Michael Washington Brown at echoesinthefirstperson.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Worth a listen: "The Fastest Man You Never Knew" -- this week's Monday Monologue (9 minutes) and Thursday Thread (13 minutes) by Michael Washington Brown at echoesinthefirstperson.com
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Exciting news from Michigan! 🎉 Thanks to Marco Speeks (Founder of Major Taylor Michigan Cycling Advocacy, LMB Board Member & LCI), Gov. Whitmer has proclaimed Sept 15, 2025 as Major Taylor Day — the first state to do so!
Read Marco’s story ➡️ bikeleague.org/lci-spotligh...
#MajorTaylorDay
Read Marco’s story ➡️ bikeleague.org/lci-spotligh...
#MajorTaylorDay
LCI Spotlight: Marco Speeks | League of American Bicyclists
The League certifies hundreds of League Cycling Instructors every year and there are thousands of LCIs across the country leading bike education efforts in their communities. In our LCI spotlight…
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September 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Exciting news from Michigan! 🎉 Thanks to Marco Speeks (Founder of Major Taylor Michigan Cycling Advocacy, LMB Board Member & LCI), Gov. Whitmer has proclaimed Sept 15, 2025 as Major Taylor Day — the first state to do so!
Read Marco’s story ➡️ bikeleague.org/lci-spotligh...
#MajorTaylorDay
Read Marco’s story ➡️ bikeleague.org/lci-spotligh...
#MajorTaylorDay
Tidying up -- and pedaling up -- our favorite hill in preparation for the George Street Bike Challenge on Sunday. sevenhillswheelmen.org/george-stree...
July 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Tidying up -- and pedaling up -- our favorite hill in preparation for the George Street Bike Challenge on Sunday. sevenhillswheelmen.org/george-stree...
This Sunday! One rider at a time against the clock. www.telegram.com/story/entert... @victorinfante.bsky.social
George Street Bike Challenge remains a 'Major' proving ground for cycling enthusiasts
This year's George Street Bike Challenge will be held July 27. Rider check-in opens at 8:30 a.m. that morning outside Garden Fresh Courthouse Cafe.
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July 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This Sunday! One rider at a time against the clock. www.telegram.com/story/entert... @victorinfante.bsky.social
George Street Bike Challenge for Major Taylor is this Sunday. Register at www.bikereg.com/george-stree...
"Any bicyclist who could climb George Street hill ... had the makings of a high grade bicycle racer." - Major Taylor on the challenge he took when he moved to Worcester in 1895.
"Any bicyclist who could climb George Street hill ... had the makings of a high grade bicycle racer." - Major Taylor on the challenge he took when he moved to Worcester in 1895.
July 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
George Street Bike Challenge for Major Taylor is this Sunday. Register at www.bikereg.com/george-stree...
"Any bicyclist who could climb George Street hill ... had the makings of a high grade bicycle racer." - Major Taylor on the challenge he took when he moved to Worcester in 1895.
"Any bicyclist who could climb George Street hill ... had the makings of a high grade bicycle racer." - Major Taylor on the challenge he took when he moved to Worcester in 1895.
"It was a tough assignment that I wished on myself," Major Taylor wrote in his autobiography, "but I made it on the first attempt." patch.com/massachusett...
Local Event: George St. Challenge and Bicycle Festival
Check out the latest community post from one of your neighbors. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)
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July 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"It was a tough assignment that I wished on myself," Major Taylor wrote in his autobiography, "but I made it on the first attempt." patch.com/massachusett...
Congratulations to Greg LeMond on receiving a Congressional Gold Medal.
Here he is in 2008, standing at the feet of a cycling legend from another era, with members of Major Taylor's family, leaders of our org, and track star Edwin Moses. (Photo by Christine Peterson/ Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Here he is in 2008, standing at the feet of a cycling legend from another era, with members of Major Taylor's family, leaders of our org, and track star Edwin Moses. (Photo by Christine Peterson/ Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
July 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Congratulations to Greg LeMond on receiving a Congressional Gold Medal.
Here he is in 2008, standing at the feet of a cycling legend from another era, with members of Major Taylor's family, leaders of our org, and track star Edwin Moses. (Photo by Christine Peterson/ Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Here he is in 2008, standing at the feet of a cycling legend from another era, with members of Major Taylor's family, leaders of our org, and track star Edwin Moses. (Photo by Christine Peterson/ Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
8 more cosponsors signed on last week to the bill seeking a Congressional Gold Medal for Major Taylor. Thank you, @keating.house.gov, @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social, @reppaultonko.bsky.social, @repritchie.bsky.social, @repcohen.bsky.social, and Reps. Himes, Fitzpatrick and Lawler.
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
July 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
8 more cosponsors signed on last week to the bill seeking a Congressional Gold Medal for Major Taylor. Thank you, @keating.house.gov, @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social, @reppaultonko.bsky.social, @repritchie.bsky.social, @repcohen.bsky.social, and Reps. Himes, Fitzpatrick and Lawler.
Take the challenge like Major Taylor did in 1895. One rider at a time against the clock, up a short, steep hill in Worcester. Register at www.bikereg.com/george-stree...
July 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Take the challenge like Major Taylor did in 1895. One rider at a time against the clock, up a short, steep hill in Worcester. Register at www.bikereg.com/george-stree...
See how fast you can pedal up George Street, a steep Worcester hill that future world champion cyclist Major Taylor conquered as a teenager. Register at www.bikereg.com/george-stree...
July 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
See how fast you can pedal up George Street, a steep Worcester hill that future world champion cyclist Major Taylor conquered as a teenager. Register at www.bikereg.com/george-stree...
You can do it!
www.bikereg.com/george-stree...
www.bikereg.com/george-stree...
June 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
You can do it!
www.bikereg.com/george-stree...
www.bikereg.com/george-stree...
See how fast you can pedal up a short, steep hill in Worcester, MA, where rising star Major Taylor made his mark in 1895. Register at www.bikereg.com/george-stree...
June 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
See how fast you can pedal up a short, steep hill in Worcester, MA, where rising star Major Taylor made his mark in 1895. Register at www.bikereg.com/george-stree...
Persevering like Major Taylor, Rep. Jonathan Jackson has reintroduced the bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Major Taylor
HR4083
To award a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor in recognition of his significance to the nation as an athlete, tra...
📢 Introduced in House
https://congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4083
#HR4083 #congress119 #house #democrat #congress #newbill
To award a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor in recognition of his significance to the nation as an athlete, tra...
📢 Introduced in House
https://congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4083
#HR4083 #congress119 #house #democrat #congress #newbill
June 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Persevering like Major Taylor, Rep. Jonathan Jackson has reintroduced the bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Major Taylor
Another RISE mentorship group at USA BMX Foundation gets a motivational visit from our friend Kevinn Matthews of the Major Taylor Tulsa Project, plus Major Taylor posters featuring James Ransome artwork. RISE stands for resiliency, inclusion, social awareness, and education.
June 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Another RISE mentorship group at USA BMX Foundation gets a motivational visit from our friend Kevinn Matthews of the Major Taylor Tulsa Project, plus Major Taylor posters featuring James Ransome artwork. RISE stands for resiliency, inclusion, social awareness, and education.
"Major Taylor: Champion of the Race" cleaned up at the Great Lakes Emmy Awards last night in Indy: best documentary, best writer, best director, best composer. Congrats to writer/director/producer Todd Gould & composer Tyron Cooper @wtiu.bsky.social
Watch the film:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzDn...
Watch the film:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzDn...
June 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Major Taylor: Champion of the Race" cleaned up at the Great Lakes Emmy Awards last night in Indy: best documentary, best writer, best director, best composer. Congrats to writer/director/producer Todd Gould & composer Tyron Cooper @wtiu.bsky.social
Watch the film:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzDn...
Watch the film:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzDn...
#OTD June 21, 1932, Major Taylor, once one of the wealthiest black men in America, died penniless in a Chicago hospital charity ward. This photo ran with his obituary in the Chicago Defender
June 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#OTD June 21, 1932, Major Taylor, once one of the wealthiest black men in America, died penniless in a Chicago hospital charity ward. This photo ran with his obituary in the Chicago Defender
Worcester County Wonders in today's Sunday Telegram www.telegram.com/story/lifest...
June 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Worcester County Wonders in today's Sunday Telegram www.telegram.com/story/lifest...
Illustrated talk on Major Taylor, the Worcester Whirlwind, 6:30 pm Wednesday, June 4, @beamanlibrary.bsky.social
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wbhistory.org/programs
May 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Illustrated talk on Major Taylor, the Worcester Whirlwind, 6:30 pm Wednesday, June 4, @beamanlibrary.bsky.social
wbhistory.org/programs
wbhistory.org/programs
Look who's on the cover of @newyorker.com. Painting by @kadirnelson.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
Limited edition prints store.kadirnelson.com/product/majo...
Limited edition prints store.kadirnelson.com/product/majo...
May 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Look who's on the cover of @newyorker.com. Painting by @kadirnelson.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
Limited edition prints store.kadirnelson.com/product/majo...
Limited edition prints store.kadirnelson.com/product/majo...
Gina B from our board will take part in Community Documentary Night's online discussion of "Bike Vessel" at 7 pm EDT Sunday. It's about a father-son bike journey & reimagining Black health. Watch free anytime: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpOL...
RSVP to join the convo: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-do...
RSVP to join the convo: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-do...
May 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Gina B from our board will take part in Community Documentary Night's online discussion of "Bike Vessel" at 7 pm EDT Sunday. It's about a father-son bike journey & reimagining Black health. Watch free anytime: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpOL...
RSVP to join the convo: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-do...
RSVP to join the convo: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-do...
4-5:30 pm Saturday at the West End Museum in Boston, an exploration of the legacies of two pioneering Black cyclists and how their stories are being brought to life in theater and film. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/major-tayl... @patrickgabridge.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
4-5:30 pm Saturday at the West End Museum in Boston, an exploration of the legacies of two pioneering Black cyclists and how their stories are being brought to life in theater and film. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/major-tayl... @patrickgabridge.bsky.social
It's officially Bike Month. "Whereas ... Marshall 'Major' Taylor ..."
May 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It's officially Bike Month. "Whereas ... Marshall 'Major' Taylor ..."