Happy Monday from The Freedom School! 🔴⚫️🟢 #1619

The Youngest Marcher By: Cynthia Levinson 🔴⚫️🟢 This book is the story of 9 years old Audrey Faye Hendricks and her experiences during the Civil Rights Movement. She was also the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest. #1619FreedomSchool #Waterlooproud

Happy Monday! It’s another wonderful day to learn new information at the Freedom School! 🔴⚫️🟢 #1619FreedomSchool #liberationthroughliteracy

Teachers love their students and students love their teachers! 🔴⚫️🟢 #1619FreedomSchool #teacherstudentlove #waterlooproud

Happy Friday from the Freedom School!😁 🔴⚫️🟢 #1619FreedomSchool #educationisrevolutionary

What a school year it has been! We are now on the home stretch with 25 days left of the Freedom School. 🔴⚫️🟢 Keep working hard young scholars! #1619FreedomSchool #LiberationthroughLiteracy #Waterlooproud #EducationisRevolutionary

Ruby Head High by Irene Cohen. This book is about young Ruby Bridges and her experiences as the first African-American Girl to attend an all-white school in the 1960’s. 🔴⚫️🟢 This is one of the many interesting books at the Freedom School! #1619FreedomSchool

14 days left! 🔴⚫️🟢 #1619freedomschool #1619

Love, Fun, and Education at the Freedom School! 🔴⚫️🟢 #1619FreedomSchool #EducationisRevolutionary #Waterlooproud

10 days left!!! 🔴⚫️🟢 #1619FreedomSchool #1619

5 days left… 🔴⚫️🟢 #1619FreedomSchool

Our students are dedicated! And we appreciate it. Congratulations to Tayanna McMullen and Davon Jordan for perfect attendance this semester! Thank you to our generous donor Brandon Cox for the gifts for Davon and Tayanna!

Let’s take a moment to celebrate the good. This year we graduated another class from the Black Business Entrepreneurship Accelerator. The 1619 Freedom School finished its inaugural school year. We have not one, but two Black Women valedictorians in our city. #WaterlooProud

When we invest in our children, they invest in themselves. To celebrate, we are once again selling these 🔥🔥🔥 sweatshirts from @shoplhp. A percentage of proceeds from each sale goes to fund the work of the school. Please join us in this freedom work. shoplhp.com/products/1619-…

1619 Freedom School current students and families can join us next Thursday, Sept. 1, from 6 - 8 pm at the school to learn more about the upcoming school year and meet our school's founder, Ida Bae Wells! Please RSVP here: …l_open-house_2022-2023.eventbrite.com

Have a 4th or 5th grader in Waterloo community schools? Come learn more about the 1619 Freedom School at our open house Thursday, Sept. 1, 6 - 8 pm. We'll provide refreshments and an opportunity to hear from our leaders and teachers. Please RSVP: …l_open-house_2022-2023.eventbrite.com

In this season of giving, please support our mission to improve our students' literacy skills and develop a love for reading through liberating instruction centered on Black American history. to Link in bio.

The 1619 Freedom School thanks the John Deere Waterloo Leadership for their generous support in helping us ensure safe transportation for our students. #freedomschool #1619

So grateful to Reynaldo Leaños Jr. Latino USA for spending time with us in Waterloo and sharing our love of our town, our students, and teachers and of reading. ✊

I’m so glad to have been able to produce this conversation between these two great journalists For the segment I also visited Nikole’s 1619FreedomSchool in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa where I met some of the students & teachers Take a listen if you haven’t already❤️