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Black Lives Matter spurs scrutiny of Dutch colonial past

by Associated Press
| June 19, 2020 6:03 AM

HOORN, Netherlands (AP) — The 17th century has gone down in Dutch history as the Golden Age, when unprecedented trading wealth helped fund the likes of artists Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer.

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