John Baxter Taylor Jr. (November 3, 1882, Washington, D.C. – December 2, 1908, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American track and field athlete, notable as the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal.
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University of Pennsylvania Men's Track team that was the 1907 IC4A point winner: Left to Right: Guy Haskins, R.C. Folwell, T.R. Moffitt, John Baxter Taylor, Jr. (the first black athlete in America to win a Gold Medal in the Olympics), Nathaniel Cartmell, and seated, J.D. Whitham, Dr. Taylor was born in Washington D.C. to former slaves.
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