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1619 Freedom School hosts African American Read-In in Waterloo
Saturday, hundreds of people filled the Waterloo West High School Auditorium, for the 1619 Freedom School's African American Read-In.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier15h
Director of 'Nickel Boys' speaks to 1619 Freedom School students, hosts free screening
Children at the 1619 Freedom School learned possibilities are endless for them while speaking with an Oscar-nominated film director.
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Black authors host African American read-in, speak out against anti-DEI policy
Hundreds of people gathered at Waterloo West High School Saturday to listen to Black authors read their books.
Iowa Public Radio4d
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 Magazine2d
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 ...
Dallas Weekly3d
Nikole Hannah-Jones Hosts Black Read-In When Schools Wouldn’t
Nikole Hannah-Jones hosts a free African American Read-In in Waterloo, Iowa, after schools canceled the event due to ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier21d
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 ...
Des Moines Register4d
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 ...