TUESDAY SPEAKER - TERRY KERBER
Major Taylor, The Inspiring Story of a Black Cyclist and the Men Who Helped Him
Our speaker on Oct 13th will be Terry Kerber, Author.
In 1907, amid a time of unspeakable racial cruelty, the world’s most popular athlete was not pitcher Cy Young or center fielder Ty Cobb. During the height of the Jim Crow era, the world’s most popular athlete wasn’t even white. He was an oft-persecuted black bicycle racer who was denied meals, kicked out of hotels, forced to sleep in horse stables, trained by a washed-up former racer, and managed by a pugnacious Irish sports promoter and Broadway producer.
This is the inspiring story of Major Taylor and the men who helped him achieve worldwide fame…
Terry Kerber is a senior partner in an investment firm for which he is in charge of investment research, client wealth management, and public speaking. Terry has been an advocate for the importance of mentoring at-risk father absent children. He loves to travel on cycling and hiking adventures to learn more about historical and cultural aspects of various regions.
Terry lives in Excelsior, Minnesota.