In 2021, the same year The Freedom School opened, Hannah-Jones rejected an offer of tenure at her alma mater, the University of North Carolina. UNC's board of trustees had refused to vote on her ...

The 1619 Freedom School in Waterloo was honored with the prestigious Iowa State Education Association’s 2024 Paul Mann Memorial Human Relations Award.

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 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.

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.