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 ...

Figure skating has historically been dominated by white skaters and, in more recent years, Asian skaters. Despite Fairbanks’s pioneering, the sport has yet to see a surge of influence akin to what the ...

All episodes of the five-part docuseries "Harlem Ice" — which follows the team members and coaches of Figure Skating in Harlem, will drop on Feb. 12 The girls of Figure Skating in Harlem are ready to ...

Figure Skating in Harlem helps young women of color see themselves on ice. Photographs by Flo Ngala Text by Lovia Gyarkye Produced by Eve Lyons Figure Skating in Harlem instructs young New Yorkers in ...

Before figure skating practice, Michael Baker would ask his mom to let him out of the car before they got to the entrance of the ice rink. “He would say, ‘Mommy, why don’t you just drop me here?’” ...

This figure skating program is one of few exclusively for girls of color in the US Figure Skating Harlem, which has now expanded to Detroit, also provides classes in leadership, science and math.

WILLMAR -- The Diamond Edge Figure Skating Club will present "Color Me Skating" this weekend. Showtime is 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Willmar Civic Center. Each skater, from beginners ...

This story was published in partnership with The 19th, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom reporting on gender, politics and policy. In 1924, figure skating became the first sport in the Winter Olympics ...