Mabel Fairbanks joined the ancestors (Nov 14, 1915 - Sept 29, 2001). Figure skater, coach. A Black and Native American woman, she paved the way for other minorities to compete in the sport of figure skating such as Tai Babilonia, Debi Thomas and Naomi Lang. She was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame, as the 1st person of Black and Native American descent and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.
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"Mabel Fairbanks, Skater and Coach." Historianspeaks, October 3, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/mabel-fairbanks-skater-and-coach.