Black Cyclists
The Race for Inclusion
Series:
Sport and Society;
Edition number: First Edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Date of Publication: 29 April 2024
Number of Volumes: Hardback
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Product details:
ISBN13: | 9780252045752 |
ISBN10: | 02520457511 |
Binding: | Hardback |
No. of pages: | 248 pages |
Size: | 229x152 mm |
Weight: | 454 g |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 14 black & white photographs |
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Long description:
Cycling emerged as a sport in the late 1870s, and from the beginning, Black Americans rode alongside and raced against white competitors. Robert J. Turpin sheds light on the contributions of Black cyclists from the sport’s early days through the cementing of Jim Crow laws during the Progressive Era. As Turpin shows, Black cyclists used the bicycle not only as a vehicle but as a means of social mobility--a mobility that attracted white ire. Prominent Black cyclists like Marshall “Major” Taylor and Kitty Knox fought for equality amidst racist and increasingly pervasive restrictions. But Turpin also tells the stories of lesser-known athletes like Melvin Dove, whose actions spoke volumes about his opposition to the color line, and Hardy Jackson, a skilled racer forced to turn to stunt riding in vaudeville after Taylor became the only non-white permitted to race professionally in the United States.
Eye-opening and long overdue, Black Cyclists uses race, technology, and mobility to explore a forgotten chapter in cycling history.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
- From the Outset
- The Mode of Liberation
- Drawing the Color Line
- In Response to the Color Line
- The New Woman
- Six Days in a Row
- Going Abroad
- Home Trainers and Vaudeville
- Once Was Lost
Epilogue: Born Again
Notes