“More than anything else, roller skating is about Black joy,” one historian said. “It’s the combination of music and movement and community.” ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Back in the 1950s, skating rinks allowed one night per week for the Black community to skate. During this time, places were still segregated, so skate night grew in popularity ...

Frisch's said roller skating rose to popularity in the 1930s through 1950s at the same time that the first Frisch's restaurant was also opening and rising in popularity.

Skateland arrived on the scene in the early 1950s, inspired by the growing popularity of roller derby. (An earlier rink, the Hippodrome Roller Rink, operated there during the early 1940s.) ...

Roller-skating is part of the fabric of what it means to be a Black American. One man works to make sure the pastime endures for another generation.

One of a pair of metal roller skates with a shaped heel support, adjustable toe clamps and leather straps at the ankle. The wheels have red painted centers. These were used by the donor (Claudia Anne ...

And long before the grunge movement of the 1990s brought flannel-clad teenagers together to listen to their favorite musicians in dusty basements, the Pacific Northwest's teen culture of the 1950s ...

Roller Skates American History Museum Object Details user Foote, Shelly J. Description (Brief) White leather shoe skates with white laces and brown clay wheels. Used by the donor, Shelly Foote, as a ...