In 1906, the Black newspaper, the Richmond Planet, encouraged its readers in Newport News to take up cycling to avoid their city’s Jim Crow streetcars, noting that over in Richmond, Black ...

Black cycling clubs are cranking Atlanta’s two-wheeled revolution “It’s amazing where sometimes we’ll be riding and we’ll hear, 'Oh wow, they’re all Black!'” says Velo Atlanta ...

Minority cycling groups are forming all over the country. One in Washington, D.C., in particular, is trying to change the perception of just who is a cyclist.

Black Girls Do Bike boasts 25,000 members, so there is obviously a community of Black cyclists, but the stereotype still persists,” the paper reported. May is National Bike Month .

Even before the Red Caps, black cyclists had a lasting, if irregular, impact in New York City. In 1896, Marshall “Major” Taylor, the first African-American world cycling champion, finished a ...

Years before Jack Johnson became the first Black boxer to win the world heavyweight title, and decades before Jackie Robinson would break Major League Baseball’s color barrier, Major Taylor became the ...

The Major Taylor Cycling Club of Denver offers group rides to encourage more Black cyclists. To stream 9NEWS on your phone, you need the 9NEWS app. Download the 9NEWS app ...