Powerful and free': Black figure skaters take to the ice in New York
By A Mystery Man Writer
Description
One by one, a line of young African American and biracial women dressed in ball gowns took to the ice in New York's Central Park to the soundtracks of "Barbie" and "Wonder Woman."
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