Marcie’s note: This post is more for accountability than sharing my progress. I am ashamed to say that I have been procrastinating on completing my roller skating site for months EVEN THOUGH I need the information I am requesting from people on the site for my book. Shame on me. It should have been done… Read More: Progress Report: Roller Skating Site Will Launch November 1, 2011 »
I am on a mission to find out about Chicago’s roller skating history and Black roller skating in Chicago. Because my goal is to write a book about my findings, I will not be sharing the sources of information at this time. However, please trust that I am on point with the information I share.… Read More: Roller Skating Rink Firsts – Chicago, Black, United States »
If you do have any information on Chicago Roller Skate Company, please share. This would help greatly with my research. Thanks so much! Image: Examiner
In fact, Black people were first allowed to roller skate indoors at the Savoy Ballroom in Chicago’s Bronzeville community on December 8, 1938 thanks to Jimmie Davis, the manager of The Savoy at that time. I don’t have the newspaper articles back this up because the microfilm machines were down at the Vivian Harsh Research… Read More: Black People in Chicago Were Not Always Allowed to Roller… »
Hello my fellow Roller Skaters! Welcome to Real Skate Stories where you can share your skating stories with the world or with me. It’s totally up to you. And, you choose how you want to share it – you can write, speak or video record your information. The purpose of this site to gather as… Read More: Welcome to Real Skate Stories »
While researching roller skating in Chicago, I found a couple articles from the late 1970s and early ’80s that mentioned black skaters or rinks and then focused on suburban rinks. The writers started the stories talking about recreational skating which was, and still is, done in black rinks, and and then went to competitive speed… Read More: Roller Skating Research Findings »