Lodge has been manufacturing cast iron cookware since the 19th century, and that shows in the consistency of its craftsmanship. Whether I consider the brand’s ever-popular cast iron skillet, the ...

There are several traditions in Black American culture that almost seem like a rite of passage to many. One specific tradition that many share no matter what part of the country you’re in is Double ...

A new NPR profile this week celebrates the art and legacy of jumping double dutch–the game that came to create and define Black Girl Magic as the artform enters its 50th year as an organized sport.

Members of the 40+ Double Dutch subclub in the West Oak Lane neighborhood celebrate aging, fitness and sisterhood during ...

You've probably seen it in school yards -- kids doing fancy jumps between two moving ropes. Double Dutch is often considered a street game associated mostly with black girls. But there are serious ...

Melissa Quayle (third from left) is taking double Dutch to the streets of NYC, as well as city parks. Roger Kisby The sun is setting on the first warm day of the year in Manhattan, and 63-year-old ...

In 1974 and over the next 10 years after that, the American Double Dutch League hosted citywide competitions at New York City’s esteemed Lincoln Center. Two New York City police detectives—double ...

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 ...

How many times have you sung "Miss Mary Mack?" "With silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back." It’s catchy. Some sing it to hand claps. Others to jump rope, like double dutch.

Last Sunday, at the Double Dutch Summer Classic, a jump-rope competition held at the Josie Robertson Plaza, at Lincoln Center, in Manhattan, Miss K’s Loopy Jumpers, fourth- and fifth-graders from ...