Two Black students held backpacks in their hands. The pair walked briskly, smiling, to a classroom on the second floor of a building in Waterloo. Minutes later, Nikole Hannah-Jones followed. The ...
When Sabrina Wesley-Nero (SFS ’95), professor of education, inquiry and justice at Georgetown University, teaches her undergraduate students, she emphasizes that rather than preparing them to become ...
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. The read-in is ...
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Fearing federal DEI policies, Waterloo schools withdrew from African American reading event
Nearly 3,500 first graders from 73 schools across Iowa virtually joined the University of Northern Iowa's 19th annual African American Read-In, seeing a magic show, participating in a reading of a New ...
WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) -- Saturday, hundreds of people filled the Waterloo West High School Auditorium, for the 1619 Freedom School's African American Read-In. Several renowned Black authors were in ...
WATERLOO — The 1619 Freedom School was honored with the prestigious Iowa State Education Association’s 2024 Paul Mann Memorial Human Relations Award. This recognition celebrates the school’s ...
WATERLOO — Children at the 1619 Freedom School learned possibilities are endless for them while speaking with an Oscar-nominated film director.
The Waterloo Community School District withdrew from UNI's annual African American Read-In, citing concerns about potential violations of federal directives against diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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