Saturday, hundreds of people filled the Waterloo West High School Auditorium, for the 1619 Freedom School's African American ...

WATERLOO — Children at the 1619 Freedom School learned possibilities are endless for them while speaking with an Oscar-nominated film director. RaMell Ross, the director of “Nickel Boys ...

One of several murals in the 1619 Freedom School depicting pivotal moments in Black history. A Waterloo after-school literacy program will host the city’s 19 th African American Read-In after ...

In her hometown of Waterloo, and as a former reporter for The New York Times, Hannah-Jones participated in creating "The 1619 Project," - a book featuring a series of articles that meticulously traced ...

It sounds simple enough, but this read-in almost didn’t happen. Nikole Hannah-Jones is an author and the founder of Waterloo’s 1619 Freedom School -- an after school literacy program. She organized ...

The New York Times Magazine’s Nikole Hannah-Jones, who won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for “The 1619 Project,” will speak at Sonoma State University Thursday night.

In response, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Waterloo native Nikole Hannah-Jones organized an alternative read-in event through her organization, The 1619 Freedom School. The controversy ...

WATERLOO — The 1619 Freedom School will host a free community African American Read-In in response to Waterloo Schools decision to withdraw from a similar statewide event. The event will run ...

The 1619 Freedom School in Waterloo is hosting a community-wide “read-in” featuring Pulitzer Prize- winning author Nikole Hannah-Jones and other award-winning children’s book authors.

WATERLOO — Children at the 1619 Freedom School learned possibilities are endless for them while speaking with an Oscar-nominated film director.