For these young women of color, ice skating helps fight discrimination. Ila Epperson had always grappled with her identity. Adopted when she was a baby, the 15-year-old said she struggled to figure ...

Mabel Fairbanks was the first African-American inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame, even though she was never allowed to skate competitively or try out for the Olympic team. She taught ...

The girls of Figure Skating in Harlem are ready to break more barriers! They're the stars of Disney+'s new five-part docuseries Harlem Ice, which follows the team members and coaches of Figure Skating ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. For two decades, New York’s Figure Skating In Harlem has helped the ...

Although largely unremarked in the U.S. news coverage, the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver hosted the first all-black figure skating pair to compete at the Olympic level. The 2-year-old pair of ...

“I started skating in 2019 and it was just something that I really fell in love with immediately.” When Takina Pollock Shafer laces up her skates, she says there’s a freedom that fills every twist and ...

(ABC News) -- Ila Epperson had always grappled with her identity. Adopted when she was a baby, the 15-year-old said she struggled to figure out who she was and what kind of woman she wanted to be.