[*BCM*] Boston's Bicyclists Movement of the 1890s Nov 30 StreetTalk

[Kara Oberg]

  Dear Friends,


Please join LivableStreets on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 100 Sidney
Street for a StreetTalk regarding Boston’s Bicyclists Movement in the
1890’s. Learn about The Riverside Cycling Club, Kittie Knox, and Robert
Teamoh and how their struggles can relate to the goals of providing adequate
public transportation today. We hope to see you on November 30 and please
spread the word! RSVP and invite friends on facebook
here<http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=165786700122121>
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Thanks,



Kara


*Boston’s Bicyclists Movement of the 1890s***

By Lorenz J. Finison
*Tuesday, Nov 30, 7-9 pm
*@ LivableStreets office, 100 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA

*Open to the public. Suggested $5-$10 donation.*

[image:
http://www.livablestreets.info/files/StreetTalk_BikeParade_30Nov2010.jpg]Boston
was a hub of black bicyclists in the 1890s, including: The Riverside Cycling
Club, an all-black club with membership largely from Boston and Cambridge;
Kittie Knox, a seamstress winning prizes for her cycling costumes and
challenging the League of American Wheelmen’s “color bar”; Robert Teamoh,
the Boston Globe newspaper writer/photographer and state legislator who
obtained a legislative resolution denouncing the “color bar“ in 1895. Learn
about the impact of the “color bar” fight on the Good Roads campaign, the
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia’s bicycle corps, and the Cambridge races of
Major Taylor, an international champion and member of the first integrated
professional sports team in the U.S.


Followed by a discussion on what we can learn from history.This talk will be
a great lead up to the much anticipated 3rd Annual Boston Bike Report with
Boston Bikes Director Nicole Freedman in January, hosted by LivableStreets.

Lorenz Finison currently teaches program and policy evaluation in the Doctor
of Public Health program at Boston University. He is Principal of
SigmaWorks, a consulting firm specializing in planning and evaluation. A
founding board member of Cycling Through History: The Massachusetts African
American Heritage Bike Route, Larry has a strong interest in the social
history of cycling, cycling organizations and in social protest movements.

For more information, e-mail events at livablestreets.info or call 617-621-1746

http://www.livablestreets.info/event/streettalk/bostons-bicyclists-movement-1890s
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Kara Oberg I Event Coordinator Intern
LivableStreets Alliance I Rethinking Urban Transportation
kara at livablestreets.info
www.livablestreets.info
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