Cindy Lange-Kubick: Catching up with Charlie Greene — the world's fastest man slows down CINDY LANGE-KUBICK Column Feb 18, 2018 Feb 18, 2018 Updated Feb 22, 2023 0 A reproduction of the JET magazine cover featuring Charlie Greene on July 6, 1967. Courtesy of John Hamilton's archive Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CINDY LANGE-KUBICK Column He wore sunglasses when he ran. kAmw6 H@? D:I }rpp EC24< E:E=6D :? E9@D6 D9256D 5FC:?8 9:D 4@==686 42C66C 2E E96 &?:G6CD:EJ @7 }63C2D<2[ 2 D6G6?\E:>6 p==\p>6C:42? H9@ E@@< 9@>6 3C@?K6 2?5 8@=5 >652=D 2E E96 `heg ~=J>A:4D :? |6I:4@ r:EJ]k^AmkAm%96 J62C sC] |2CE:? {FE96C z:?8 yC] H2D 2DD2DD:?2E65] %96 J62C q@33J z6??65J H2D <:==65] %96 J62C C246 C:@ED DAC625 24C@DD E96 =2?5]k^AmkAmr92C=:6 vC66?6 5:5?’E C2:D6 9:D 7:DE @? E96 >652= A@5:F>[ =:<6 &]$] E62>>2E6D %@>>:6 $>:E9 2?5 y@9? r2C=@D[ H9@ C624965 7@C E96 D<J H:E9 3=24<\8=@G65 92?5D 2?5 3@H65 E96:C 9625D :? 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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: 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.
