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In 1963, Ledger Smith skated from Chicago to Washington, D.C. as a form of protest. It’s just one example of the key role roller skating played in the early civil rights movement. (AP Photo/Harry L. Hall).
Southside of Chicago Rollerskating on a Saturday Night. Photo taken by Russell Lee, 1941.