Saturday, hundreds of people filled the Waterloo West High School Auditorium, for the 1619 Freedom School's African American Read-In.
Children at the 1619 Freedom School learned possibilities are endless for them while speaking with an Oscar-nominated film director.
The Waterloo after-school literacy program co-founded by Nikole Hannah-Jones will host the city’s 19th African American ...
Waterloo schools, a minority-majority district, declined to participate in the African American Read-In. The 1619 Freedom ...
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 ...
Hundreds of people gathered at Waterloo West High School Saturday to listen to Black authors read their books.
Three children’s book authors held storytime for a crowd of over 1,000. The event comes as a response to the Waterloo ...
Nikole Hannah-Jones hosts a free African American Read-In in Waterloo, Iowa, after schools canceled the event due to ...