The Waterloo after-school literacy program co-founded by Nikole Hannah-Jones will host the city’s 19th African American ...

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

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

Nikole Hannah-Jones hosts a free African American Read-In in Waterloo, Iowa, after schools canceled the event due to ...

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 event will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 15 at Waterloo West's auditorium. The first 300 families will receive a tote bag and copies of books for ...

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 ...