In response, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Waterloo native Nikole Hannah-Jones organized an alternative read-in event through her organization, The 1619 Freedom School. The controversy ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the 1619 Freedom School founder, author of “The 1619 Project” and Waterloo native also will read to the group. Hannah-Jones said she saw a larger opportunity to raise ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the school’s co-founder and Waterloo native, said keeping the read-in going is important because of the current political and social climate in the United States.