Iowa Public Radio2d
Waterloo's 1619 Freedom School to host canceled African American read-in
The Waterloo after-school literacy program co-founded by Nikole Hannah-Jones will host the city’s 19th African American ...
Fearing federal DEI policies, Waterloo schools withdrew from African American reading event
Waterloo schools, a minority-majority district, declined to participate in the African American Read-In. The 1619 Freedom ...
Little Village Magazine15h
Waterloo schools withdrew 1st graders from a Black History Month book event, citing Trump orders. So locals organized an even bigger version.
Acclaimed authors and readers of all ages are gathering in Waterloo for an event on Saturday, but it’s not a new book ...
The Sacramento Observer3h
Nikole Hannah-Jones Hosts Black Read-In When Schools Wouldn’t
(WIB) – Home to the school district with the largest percentage of Black children in Iowa, schoolchildren in the city of Waterloo, population 67,000, typically participated in an annual statewide ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier20d
1619 Freedom School hosting screening of 'Nickel Boys,' conversation with director
WATERLOO — The 1619 Freedom School will host Academy Award-nominated writer and director RaMell Ross and a free community screening of "Nickel Boys." The film, based on Colson Whitehead's ...
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier7d
Nikole Hannah-Jones hosting read-in event in after district pulls out of similar event
The event will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 15 at Waterloo West's auditorium. The first 300 families will receive a tote bag and copies of books for ...
Iowa Public Radio8d
1619 Project creator on this moment in education
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.
Des Moines Register2d
Fearing federal DEI policies, Waterloo schools withdrew from African American reading event
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 ...