Double dutch

The Chicago-based 40+ Double Dutch Club has more than a hundred chapters across the country and two internationally. Founder Pamela Robinson says it's about more than just jumping rope.

You had already mastered skipping rope solo, but jumping in a single rope had you and your two friends bored. And really, seeing all the older girls jumping Double Dutch made you want to be a "big girl" too. Little did you know that when you made up your mind to push yourself in those two white clotheslines flipping back and forth, the legendary game of Double Dutch would carry you through your most impressionable years and become the game that would bond you to many other young Black girls…

Americans recognized the Juneteenth holiday weekend by gathering for celebrations from dance parties to parades in communities across the country.

The sun is setting on the first warm day of the year in Manhattan, and 63-year-old Brooklyn resident Betty Lewin strips off her coat and steps up to the swinging jump ropes. “Let me go again!” she …

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 Cartoon Network animated series Craig of the Creek.

Playing Double Dutch

Double Dutch isn’t just a jump rope game played by city kids; as of this spring, it’s the newest official varsity sport in New York City public schools. And it got its start in Manhatt…

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Double Dutch jump roping was big in the '60s.

Doreen St. Félix writes about the Double Dutch Summer Classic, a jump-rope competition that took place at Lincoln Center.

This black and white photograph depicts a Black girls' team in the urban city of Philadelphia practicing the art of Double-Dutch jump rope. This series of images provide a snapshot of the Diamonettes, a gravity-defying Double-Dutch team from North Philadelphia whose ages range from grade-school girls to teenagers. The team carries this enduring legacy of Black girlhood. This series was originally published in the Philadelphia Inquirer on May 15, 1988. This photograph is also in the…

After a three-decade hiatus, the Double Dutch Summer Classic tournament returned to Lincoln Center to celebrate the history, diversity and evolution of the game.

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