The 1619 Freedom School's promise to help better educate the city's Black students has paid off. According to Freedom School data collected from the Waterloo School District, ...

The 1619 Freedom school uses different readings and a newly formed curriculum. Members of the program's leadership also said the school has nothing to do with critical race theory, ...

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 in Waterloo was honored with the prestigious Iowa State Education Association’s 2024 Paul Mann Memorial Human Relations Award.

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 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.

She also co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting and the 1619 Freedom School, a free afterschool ...

The school's move led to other Black faculty considering leave, and protests from students. In 2022 she opened the 1619 Freedom School, a free, afterschool literacy program in her hometown of ...

More:Pulitzer-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones opening after-school program,'1619 Freedom School,' in Waterloo. Phillip Sitter covers education for the Ames Tribune, ...

A graduate of Waterloo West High School, Hannah-Jones has launched a free, community-based after-school literacy program for students in Waterloo. The 1619 Freedom School helps students improve ...