Cindy Lange-Kubick: Find a way, make a way, Brittney Hodges-Bolkovac CINDY LANGE-KUBICK Column Feb 22, 2018 Feb 22, 2018 Updated Feb 22, 2023 0 1 of 2 Brittney Hodges-Bolkovac sits at her desk with a bulletin board with family pictures nearby Wednesday at Dawes Middle School. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star Eighth-grade Spanish students raise their hands to offer translations to teacher Brittney Hodges-Bolkovac on Wednesday at Dawes Middle School. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CINDY LANGE-KUBICK Column There’s a portrait of Barack Obama under the American flag in Brittney Hodges-Bolkovac’s classroom.kAm%96C6’D y@9? {6H:D ?62C E96 A6?4:= D92CA6?6C — E96 4:G:= C:89ED 96C@ 5FC:?8 9:D uC665@> #:56C 52JD[ :? 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Black History Month Cindy Lange-Kubick is devoting her February columns to members of Lincoln's African-American community in honor of Black History Month. 0 Comments Locations Lincoln Get local news delivered to your inbox! Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter. Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. 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: 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. Cindy Lange-Kubick: A lifetime of love for each other and the people of Lincoln Melanie and John Ways met in Camden, New Jersey. 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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: 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.
Cindy Lange-Kubick: A lifetime of love for each other and the people of Lincoln Melanie and John Ways met in Camden, New Jersey.
