TheGrio commemorates the greatest American sprinter in history, Marshall Walter Taylor in ‘Keeping Black History Alive’. Marshall Walter Taylor was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, growing up in ...

“In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.” So said Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor, cycling’s first African-American world champion, whose incredible story ...

“In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.” So said Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor, cycling’s first African-American world champion, whose incredible story still isn’t as ...