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1619 Freedom School hosts African American Read-In in Waterloo
Saturday, hundreds of people filled the Waterloo West High School Auditorium, for the 1619 Freedom School's African American ...
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Director of 'Nickel Boys' speaks to 1619 Freedom School students, hosts free screening
Children at the 1619 Freedom School learned possibilities are endless for them while speaking with an Oscar-nominated film director.
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Waterloo's 1619 Freedom School to host canceled African American read-in
The Waterloo after-school literacy program co-founded by Nikole Hannah-Jones will host the city’s 19th African American ...
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1619 Freedom School hosting screening of 'Nickel Boys,' conversation with director
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 ...
Fearing federal DEI policies, Waterloo schools withdrew from African American reading event
Waterloo schools, a minority-majority district, declined to participate in the African American Read-In. The 1619 Freedom ...
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Black authors host African American read-in, speak out against anti-DEI policy
Hundreds of people gathered at Waterloo West High School Saturday to listen to Black authors read their books.