Waterloo-Cedar Falls was ranked the worst place in America for a Black person to live by 24/7 Wall Street in 2018. The 1619 Freedom School aims to change that standing. It offers solely an ...

The 1619 Freedom School will help students improve literacy skills and develop a passion for reading through "liberating instruction centered on Black American history," its mission says.

Nikole Hannah-Jones, a 'native daughter' of Waterloo, Iowa, is trying to change its reputation as one of the worst places for a Black person to live.

The 1619 Freedom School was founded by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of The 1619 Project, and Waterloo native and Jones' lifelong friend, and teacher Sheritta Stokes.

The 1619 Freedom School opted to host with the encouragement of the district. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the school’s co-founder and Waterloo native, ...

The 1619 Freedom School created the event in response to recent controversy, after the Waterloo Community School District withdrew from a statewide first grader event, ...

The 1619 Freedom School was borne out of the pandemic. Co-founders Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of the 1619 Project, ...

It’s alarming how little some ideologues know about the school system. This is Ida Bae Wells , also known as Nikole Hannah-Jones – that’s right, the deviser and editor of the 1619 Project.

She also co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting and the 1619 Freedom School, a free afterschool literacy program in Waterloo, Iowa, her hometown.

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