#double dutch

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Alexa play The Fresh Prince Ft DJ Jazzy Jeff Summertime 🌞

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Double Dutch Girls, London, Janette Beckman, 1982

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The Fantastic Four in 1981

Double Dutch World Champions. Today many people don't know that Double Dutch was an integral part of hip-hop culture and history. Adrienne "Nikki" Adams Howell, Delores Brown Finlayson, De'Shone Adams Goodson, and Robin Oakes Watterson met as junior high schoolers on the Lower East Side in 1978.

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1983 Connecticut Double Dutch Competition

That year, a double dutch team of four Black girls known as Black Magic from The Vill projects in CT would win their state's double dutch championship, which was comprised of 40,000 jumpers. For their victory prize, they were flown to London to tour and jump, of course. It was all turned into a documentary.

Black Magic members: Phyllis Goggins 🕊 (team captain), Lisa Butler, Veronica Vail, and Connie Williams.

As part of the Black American style of jumping, stepping and singing hand clapping game songs with a twist that have been passed down for generations are usually incorporated into the mix, like in the videos below.

Nowadays, we even have non-competitive 40+ Double Dutch Clubs, which was started by a woman named Pamela Robinson from the South Side of Chicago:

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104 Days of Phineas and Ferb GIFs: Day 94

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Rico plays with a fans hair

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via instagram

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Malcolm Mclaren Presents Double Dutch

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The theme for the month of July at The Free Black Women's Library that I am experimenting with is PLAY, which feels appropriate for summer in the city type vibes. ☀️

Save the date on whatever interests you and come on through ☀️

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Le sportif japonais KAI, spécialiste du Double Dutch (sport de saut à la corde) réalise une danse sur la musique « Do For Love » de 2Pac tout en sautant à la corde

June 9 2022

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Gert-Jan Theunisse and Steven Rooks at the 1994 Ruta del Sol.

📷 Graham Watson