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 ...

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 ...

Renata Schmitt, clad in leggings and sneakers, long hair pulled back from her face, squinted at the two ropes that arced toward and away from each other in an eggbeater pattern, blurring through the ...

CHICAGO — Every Saturday a group of women meets outside the Pullman Community Center to prove that age is just a number Each woman in the 40+ Double Dutch Club is over 40 years old and proudly wears ...

On a warm autumn evening, a half-dozen African American women — sisters, cousins, friends — gathered for an activity that first brought them joy decades ago. "I'd been looking for an outlet for ...

A group of students from a Rondo Double Dutch class at their showcase in December 2024. NINA MOINI: Does this sound bring back memories of jumping rope? It's from a song that a Double Dutch class in ...

Every Saturday morning, Vernell Prince, 48, of Somerdale, begins her day by hopping in her car to go jump double Dutch with her friends. “We all grew up cleaning the house with music on Saturday ...

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 ...