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Indianapolis (1878). Major Taylor was born in Indiana to a Civil War veteran. He started doing bike tricks in a soldier uniform for $$, started racing at 13, professionally by 18, and became a World Cycling Champion at 21. He retired in 1910 and died penniless in 1932.
Manhattan, New York (1863). White working-class men rioted due to new Civil War draft laws. Anger was directed toward Black ppl due to feared job competition from freed slaves. Over 100 ppl died and the riot was largely responsible for the Black exodus from Manhattan to Brooklyn.