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Where are the Black figure skaters?

BEIJING (AP) — Before her own Olympic career began, Canadian figure skater Vanessa James had seen Black Girl Magic on the ice. It was on display at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, when French skater ...
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Black figure skaters were never formally banned from competing, but Jim Crow laws and socioeconomic barriers have limited access

Figure skating is one of the most popular and the oldest sports included in the Winter Olympic Games. Its legacy dates back to the first Winter Olympics held in France in 1924. U.S. Figure Skating ...
NBC New York

On the Ice, a Question: Where Are the Black Figure Skaters?

Before her own Olympic career began, Canadian figure skater Vanessa James had seen Black Girl Magic on the ice. It was on display at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, when French skater Surya Bonaly ...
Philadelphia Tribune

Black figure skaters see performing as their best way to speak out

Starr Andrews remembers the stares she received in locker rooms at her earliest figure skating competitions. She remembers the requests to touch her coiled, textured hair. “The first thing that popped ...
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Where are the Black figure skaters?

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BEIJING (AP) — Before her own Olympic career ...
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Black Figure Skaters See Performing as Their Best Way to Speak Out

As the Black Lives Matter movement advanced, the ice became a platform for athletes who are also artists. Starr Andrews performed at the Skating Spectacular event at the 2021 U.S. figure skating ...