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Reddit mentions of Major Taylor: The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World
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Not an answer to your question, but a counter-example:
One of the first -- and quite possibly the greatest -- professional cycling stars in the U.S., in the midst of the 1890s bicycling fad, was an African-American named Major Taylor.
Two recent, competing books -- I prefer Balf's:
http://www.amazon.com/Major-Black-Athlete-Worlds-Fastest/dp/0307236595/
http://www.amazon.com/Major-Taylor-Fastest-Bicycle-Rider/dp/1892495651/
There's apparently a movie in the works, based on the other book (warning autoplay music):
http://www.majorthemovie.com/
And then there's the MTA itself:
http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/