LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Back in the 1950s, skating rinks allowed one night per week for the Black community to skate. During this time, places were still segregated, so skate night grew in popularity ...

Skateland arrived on the scene in the early 1950s, inspired by the growing popularity of roller derby. (An earlier rink, the Hippodrome Roller Rink, operated there during the early 1940s.) ...

And, yes, I roller skate, as did my mother in the 1950s. She wore a varsity jacket and poodle skirt. She even attached pom-poms to her skates. I did none of that. I came up at Magic River ...

Frisch's said roller skating rose to popularity in the 1930s through 1950s at the same time that the first Frisch's restaurant was also opening and rising in popularity.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — On November 11, 1950, Roller Dome North on Coliseum Blvd. opened its doors for the first time. 73 years later, the business celebrated its anniversary Sunday. Owner Kim ...