Observers in the seventeenth century described the Netherlands as the world’s marketplace. Dutch merchants possessed a capitalist mindset and benefited from innovations in naval and military technology. The Dutch East India Company, the world’s first multinational corporation, was founded in 1602 to dominate trade in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, forever changing the global economy. […]
"The Wash" by Kelundra Smith is a new, homegrown play inspired by the Atlanta Washerwomen's Strike of 1881. Just weeks before the International CottonExposition swept into the city, African American laundresses took a stand, demanding the right to set their own wages. Directed by Brenda Porter—with an all women cast and creative team-- delve into this intimate […]