I am pleased to announce that my roller skating site, Real Skate Stories, is up and running. This is not the most exciting roller skating site you will find online. However, it is one of the most interesting – well to me. While all of the other sites provide information and share memories, I am…
Tag: Black
Black People in Chicago Were Not Always Allowed to Roller Skate Indoors
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…
Oh, the Joys of Being Black in Chicago
Yesterday I went to The Paper Source at 919 W. Armitage for workshop. I got there at 10:15; workshop started at 11:00. First of all, can I just say that I was there from 10:15 until 1:30, and I was the only black person in the entire store. Period. If any came in and snuck…