Waterloo's new 1619 Freedom School is giving the public a first look at the program, KCRG reports. The 1619 Freedom School was founded by Waterloo-native and journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.

SWN: So the 1619 Freedom School is actually an after-school literacy program that was started by the local community members and educators in Waterloo, Iowa. So this is a community initiative. One of ...

From left: The 1619 Freedom School leadership team Joy Briscoe, Sheritta Stokes, Lori Dale, Sharina Sallis and Nikole Hannah-Jones pose for a photo. Joy Harrington is not pictured.

Reading Time: 2 minutes The new 1619 Freedom School in Waterloo, Iowa, is an after-school literacy program inspired by the Freedom Schools of the 1960s civil-rights movement. Founder Nikole ...

I am so proud to announce the launch of the 1619 Freedom School in my hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, labeled in 2018 the worst place in the U.S. to be Black,” she said.

Hannah-Jones, who said the 1619 Freedom School’s curriculum will be made freely available to anyone who wants to work on student literacy in their own area, would like more attention on the many ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones smiles after announcing Rodney Anderson as an honorary co-founder of the 1619 Freedom School during a December 2021 open house for the after-school program's new space at the ...

The 1619 Freedom School was launched by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and Waterloo native, Nikole Hannah-Jones with a team of Waterloo educators and community leaders, to provide a free ...

Certified teachers will be helping to improve literacy skills like Sheritta Stokes, a Waterloo Community School District teacher. Stokes is the co-founder and lead teacher of the 1619 Freedom School.

The 1619 Freedom School is independent of the project and the project’s associated curriculum created by the Pulitzer Center, Hannah-Jones said. For the literacy program, Hannah-Jones said she ...