Dutch settlers may have brought Double Dutch to America, but it was Black girls who put it on the map, says Lauren Walker, president of the National Double Dutch League. “Double Dutch is Black girl ...
ATLANTA — A group of Georgia women over 40 is keeping their childhood love of Double Dutch alive, meeting weekly to bond and enjoy the sport. “40+ Double Dutch Club allows you as a woman over 40 to ...
Our series, A More Perfect Union, aims to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. In this installment, we're taking a trip down memory lane to the days when jumping ...
TAMPA — The rope skipping exercise "Double Dutch" is a staple in Black communities that goes back thousands of years. The two-rope version of skipping rope, also known as 'Double Dutch' was introduced ...
On a patch of concrete in Cow Meadow Park in Freeport, an intense game of double Dutch is in motion. Two jump ropes twirl so fast that the sound of them whipping in circles fills the air. But these ...
Pretty soon, others started to share the post showing a group doing double dutch on their pages as well. That's when it hit Shabazz. “After seeing that post, I was talking to my friends and told them ...
Members of the 40+ Double Dutch subclub in the West Oak Lane neighborhood celebrate aging, fitness and sisterhood during weekly meetups. Members of the Philadelphia chapter of the 40+ Double Dutch ...
The ties between Double Dutch and hip-hop can be traced to Nelly's "Country Grammar," Missy Elliott's "Gossip Folks" and "Throw It Back," and the... How the Fantastic Four took Double Dutch to new ...