Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865,” tells stories from a variety of perspectives — personal, community and family.

Juneteenth represents freedom but also speaks to Black ownership. This analysis traces Black wealth from emancipation to ...

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. Hannah-Jones ...

In 2022, she opened the 1619 Freedom School, a free literacy program for students in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. Thursday’s lecture was moderated by SSU literature professor Kim Hester ...

In 2022, she opened the 1619 Freedom School, a free literacy program for students in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. Thursday’s lecture will be moderated by literature professor Kim Hester ...

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 will host a free Community African American Read-In on Saturday, March 15th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Waterloo West High School’s auditorium. The first 300 families attending ...

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 opted to host with the encouragement of the district. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the school’s co-founder and Waterloo native, said keeping the read-in going is important because of ...

Waterloo schools, a minority-majority district, declined to participate in the African American Read-In. The 1619 Freedom School is hosting its own instead.

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.

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.