The Wash

Name: The Wash
Start: 2025-11-22T14:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-11-22T16:30:00-06:00
Location: ETA Creative Arts Foundation

Sat, Nov 22

ETA Creative Arts Foundation

In 1881, Black laundresses in Atlanta led a strike weeks before the International Cotton Exposition came to town. Demanding $1/dozen pounds of laundry, the Atlanta Washerwomen’s Strike of 1881 was one of the largest, successful interracial labor strikes of the post-Civil War era.

Time & Location

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Nov 22, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST

ETA Creative Arts Foundation, 7558 S South Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60619, USA

About the Event

About The Wash: In 1881, Black laundresses in Atlanta led a strike weeks before the International Cotton Exposition came to town. Demanding $1/dozen pounds of laundry, the Atlanta Washerwomen’s Strike of 1881 was one of the largest, successful interracial labor strikes of the post-Civil War era. "The Wash" offers an intimate and often funny look at ordinary women who went from workers to fighters– and won.

Written by Kelundra Smith

Directed by Myesha-Tiara

Assistant Directed by Jerluane "Jae" Jenkins

Cast:

ANNA: Nikki Carpenter