“Liberation Through Literacy”: IndyKids Reporters Interview Nikole Hannah-Jones, Founder of the Newly Launched 1619 Freedom School

By Silin Razza-Baril, age 11 and Willa Krishnaswami, age 12

Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and creator of the 1619 Project, has launched the 1619 Freedom School in Waterloo, Iowa, which opened earlier this year.