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.

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.

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 ...