Black Girls Jumping Rope

Full length little girl in black leotard jumping on a pink rope against bright yellow background.

Black girls jumping rope.

At one time rope skipping was thought of only as a game for little girls who chanted rhymes while jumping and has from boys perspective traditionally been looked at as a girl s game. The games black girls play illustrates how black musical styles are incorporated into the earliest games african american girls learn how in effect these games. Program starts july 10 2019 and meets wednesday from 6 7pm and saturdays from 9am 10am. Sports outdoors anself v i p.

When the egyptians used vines for jumping. Jump rope activity can be traced back to 1600 a d. But this book argues that the games black girls play handclapping songs cheers and double dutch jump rope both reflect and inspire the principles of black popular musicmaking. We host public jump rope events engage in performances and conduct youth programs.

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Black girls jump is aimed at inspiring women to continue to play double dutch and other jump rope games into adulthood. Pretty little schoolgirl playing with a skipping rope. Black girls jump at the silver room block party in chicago july 21 2018. Black girls jump chicago practice.