ORG. AND AS PART OF THE BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL, THE 17TH ANNUAL SOUL INVITATIONAL IS HAPPENING ALL WEEKEND DANCE. HERE NOW WITH MORE ON THIS EVENT AND THE HISTORY BEHIND ROLLERSKATING. HEY, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. SO DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ROLLERSKATING IT BECAME A
POPULAR ACTIVITY FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO JUST HAVE THAT OUTLET AND SKATE FREELY DESPITE DISCRIMINATION. IN FACT. >> IN THE 50’S, BLACKS WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE NIGHT PER WEEK WHERE THE BLACK COMMUNITY COULD ACTUALLY COME TOGETHER. AND THAT WAS KNOWN AS BLACK
NIGHT, BUT EVENTUALLY BECAME SOLE KNIGHTED. MARTIN LUTHER KING NIGHT. NOW IN HONOR OF THAT HISTORY AND THE GROWTH OF ROLLER SKATING IN 2006, TAMPA NATIVE SELENA COLEMAN CREATED THE SOLE ROLE INVITATIONAL MADE IT A PART OF THE BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL EVERY YEAR.
HUNDREDS OF SKATERS COME FROM ALL ACROSS THE NATION RIGHT HERE TO TAMPA FOR 4 DAYS SHOWING OFF THEIR STYLE. THEIR MOVES THEIR TALENT ON THE STATE FLOOR. COLEMAN SAYS THIS HOBBY MEANS A LOT TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. >> ROLLER SKATING IS SO MANY
THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE FOR SOME OF THEM. IT’S A LIFELINE DEPENDING ON YOUR COMMUNITIES AND WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE WORLD. IT’S YOUR OUTLOOK TO ESCAPE ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU TO GET AWAY FROM. AND ROLLER SKATERS ARE
DOCTORS. WE HAVE A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT AND OUR COMMUNITY WE AND WONDERFUL COMPANY PROFESSIONAL MEDIA AND THEN WE’VE GOT FOLKS THAT BETTER YOUNG ARE JUST TRYING TO STAY OFF THE STREETS AND ROLLER SKATING HAS BEEN THAT OUT. WHAT FOR MANY OF US?
>> THE IS HAPPENING TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AT ASTROS. KATE AND
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