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Iowa school cancels African American Read-In, 1619 Freedom School steps in

Summary by Iowa Starting Line
Waterloo Schools pulled out of an event focused on promoting Black literacy over fears of losing federal funding under Trump’s new anti-DEI directives. In response,  the 1619 Freedom School is stepping in to host its own event this Saturday. In a move that has drawn statewide attention, the Waterloo Community School District recently withdrew from the University of Northern Iowa’s annual African American Read-In. The district cited concerns abou…

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Iowa school cancels African American Read-In, 1619 Freedom School steps in

Waterloo Schools pulled out of an event focused on promoting Black literacy over fears of losing federal funding under Trump’s new anti-DEI directives. In response,  the 1619 Freedom School is stepping in to host its own event this Saturday. In a move that has drawn statewide attention, the Waterloo Community School District recently withdrew from the University of Northern Iowa’s annual African American Read-In. The district cited concerns abou…

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Little VillageLittle Village

Waterloo schools withdrew 1st graders from a Black History Month book event, citing Trump orders. So locals organized an even bigger version. - Little Village

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the journalist and Iowa native behind the 1619 Project. — contributed photoAcclaimed authors and readers of all ages are gathering in Waterloo for an event on Saturday, but it’s not a new book festival. It’s “a liberatory act of reading as resistance,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Nikole Hannah-Jones, a co-organizer of Saturday’s read-in, explained on Talk of Iowa last week. “And we’re going to do it together…

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Nikole Hannah-Jones Hosts Black Read-In When Schools Wouldn’t - Dallas Weekly

Home to the school district with the largest percentage of Black children in Iowa, schoolchildren in the city of Waterloo, population 67,000, typically participated in an annual statewide “read-in” highlighting Black books, authors, and themes. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Howard University professor, Nikole Hannah-Jones considers Waterloo, the state’s fifth-largest city, her hometown. As a former reporter for The New York Times, Hann…

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Iowa Starting Line broke the news in on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
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