In between an outdoor boxing class and a children’s birthday party in Fort Greene Park on a recent Sunday afternoon, a group of women are preparing to hop rhythmically between ropes like they did in ...

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 ...

Back in the day, it was typical in some neighborhoods to see girls — with hair flying, legs pumping with precision, the rope tat-tat- tatting in rhythm — as they jumped Double Dutch for hours. Pamela ...

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