A definitive source, THE HISTORY OF ROLLER SKATING explores roller skating from its inception to the present. Chapters focus upon speed skating, artistic skatin

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Martin Luther King Jr. led the American Civil Rights Movement. But do you know what he was like as a child? From roller skating to playing football and basketba