Cindy Lange-Kubick: A lifetime of love for each other and the people of Lincoln CINDY LANGE-KUBICK Column Feb 19, 2018 Feb 19, 2018 Updated Feb 22, 2023 0 John and Melanie Ways are surrounded by family pictures in their Lincoln home. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CINDY LANGE-KUBICK Column Melanie and John Ways met in Camden, New Jersey.kAmy@9? H2D f] |6= H2D d]k^AmkAm~?6 52J |6= =@@<65 2E 96C 3:8 3C@E96C’D 7C:6?5 2?5 D2:5i k6>mx’> 8@:?8 E@ >2CCJ J@F D@>652J]k^6>mk^AmkAm$@>652J H2D s64] `h[ `hec]k^AmkAmx? E96 H655:?8 A:4EFC6[ D96’D H62C:?8 2 A:==3@I 92E[ 2 G6:= EC2:=:?8 369:?5 96C] w6 92D 2 H9:E6 42C?2E:@? A:??65 E@ E96 =2A6= @7 9:D 3=24< EFI65@]k^Am kAm%96J’C6 D>:=:?8 3:8]k^Am People are also reading… Which school has the best dance/cheerleading team? 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Related to this story Celebrating Black History Month: Stories of influential black Lincolnites by Cindy Lange-Kubick Columnist Cindy Lange-Kubick devoted her February columns to influential members of Lincoln's African-American community, past and present. Cindy Lange-Kubick: Catching up with Charlie Greene — the world's fastest man slows down He wore sunglasses when he ran. Cindy Lange-Kubick: Ruth Cox Adams, beloved adopted sister of Frederick Douglass, at rest in Lincoln The newspaper story called her an “old colored lady.” Cindy Lange-Kubick: Harry 'Pete' Peterson — 'Whatever he took on, he put his whole heart into' Vote for THE MAN, the campaign ad urged. Cindy Lange-Kubick: Lenora Letcher, leading with love and leaving a legacy in Lincoln Lenora Letcher baked the communion bread at her church, the black congregation of Mount Zion Baptist. Cindy Lange-Kubick: The trailblazing teacher at Millard Lefler Junior High He stood at the front of his classroom, a trailblazer in teacher’s clothing. Cindy Lange-Kubick: Lincoln, the residence of Dr. Leola Bullock, standing on the high ground of civil rights You can see her life’s passion in all the places Leola Bullock stood her ground. Cindy Lange-Kubick: The legacy of John Johnson, son of slaves and Lincoln's African-American community photographer The photographer was born in Lincoln and spent his life in a frame house on A Street, where a red-brick apartment building with long, narrow w… Cindy Lange-Kubick: Find a way, make a way, Brittney Hodges-Bolkovac There’s a portrait of Barack Obama under the American flag in Brittney Hodges-Bolkovac’s classroom. Cindy Lange-Kubick: A big kid at heart at the heart of the Malone Center Nate Woods walked the streets of the neighborhood that summer. Cindy Lange-Kubick: I told them, 'There's no such thing as you can't do it.' 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Celebrating Black History Month: Stories of influential black Lincolnites by Cindy Lange-Kubick Columnist Cindy Lange-Kubick devoted her February columns to influential members of Lincoln's African-American community, past and present.
Cindy Lange-Kubick: Catching up with Charlie Greene — the world's fastest man slows down He wore sunglasses when he ran.
Cindy Lange-Kubick: Ruth Cox Adams, beloved adopted sister of Frederick Douglass, at rest in Lincoln The newspaper story called her an “old colored lady.”
Cindy Lange-Kubick: Harry 'Pete' Peterson — 'Whatever he took on, he put his whole heart into' Vote for THE MAN, the campaign ad urged.
Cindy Lange-Kubick: Lenora Letcher, leading with love and leaving a legacy in Lincoln Lenora Letcher baked the communion bread at her church, the black congregation of Mount Zion Baptist.
Cindy Lange-Kubick: The trailblazing teacher at Millard Lefler Junior High He stood at the front of his classroom, a trailblazer in teacher’s clothing.
Cindy Lange-Kubick: Lincoln, the residence of Dr. Leola Bullock, standing on the high ground of civil rights You can see her life’s passion in all the places Leola Bullock stood her ground.
Cindy Lange-Kubick: The legacy of John Johnson, son of slaves and Lincoln's African-American community photographer The photographer was born in Lincoln and spent his life in a frame house on A Street, where a red-brick apartment building with long, narrow w…
Cindy Lange-Kubick: Find a way, make a way, Brittney Hodges-Bolkovac There’s a portrait of Barack Obama under the American flag in Brittney Hodges-Bolkovac’s classroom.
Cindy Lange-Kubick: A big kid at heart at the heart of the Malone Center Nate Woods walked the streets of the neighborhood that summer.
Cindy Lange-Kubick: I told them, 'There's no such thing as you can't do it.' The mother sat on the superintendent's front steps.
