Education Week

Creator of 1619 Project Launching After-School Literacy Program

A new Black history-focused literacy program has launched in Iowa and will make its curriculum available nationwide as a free, open-source online tool in 2022. Led by Nikole Hannah-Jones, lead author ...
KCCI Des Moines

Waterloo's 1619 Freedom School gives a look inside its program

RHEYA: WATERLOO’SEW N SCHOOL IS GIVING THE PUBLIC A FIRST LOOK AT THE PROGRAM. IT WAS FOUNDED BY WATERLOO NATIVE AND JOURNALIST NILEKO HANNAH-JONES. IT FOCUSES ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF SLAVERY AND ...
Des Moines Register

Pulitzer-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones opening after-school program,'1619 Freedom School,' in Waterloo

Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and Iowa native Nikole Hannah-Jones is launching a free, community-based after-school literacy program for students in the Waterloo Community School District. The ...
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Nikole Hannah-Jones launches ‘1619 Freedom School’ after-school program in Waterloo

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) -- Pulitzer Prize winner and Waterloo native Nikole Hannah-Jones has announced her new after-school program for 4th and 5th graders, which will focus on teaching Black American ...