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 ...

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

In her hometown of Waterloo, and as a former reporter for The New York Times, Hannah-Jones participated in creating "The 1619 ...

Hundreds of people gathered at Waterloo West High School Saturday to listen to Black authors read their books.

Waterloo schools, a minority-majority district, declined to participate in the African American Read-In. The 1619 Freedom ...

(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 ...

Acclaimed authors and readers of all ages are gathering in Waterloo for an event on Saturday, but it’s not a new book ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...