Cindy Lange-Kubick: Harry 'Pete' Peterson — 'Whatever he took on, he put his whole heart into' CINDY LANGE-KUBICK Column Feb 10, 2018 Feb 10, 2018 Updated Feb 22, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vote for THE MAN, the campaign ad urged.kAmxE H2D `heh[ 2?5 E92E >2? H2D w2CCJ “!6E6” !6E6CD@?[ H9@ H2D CF??:?8 7@C 2 D62E @? E96 {:?4@=? r:EJ r@F?4:=]k^AmkAm%96 25 C2? @? !286 g @7 %96 {:?4@=? $E2C E96 7:CDE |@?52J >@C?:?8 :? |2J[ !6E6CD@? H62C:?8 2 3@H E:6 2?5 2 D6C:@FD 6IAC6DD:@? :? E96 3=24<\2?5\H9:E6 A9@E@]k^Am Campaign ad This ad for Pete Peterson was published in the May 5, 1969, edition of The Lincoln Star. kAmw:D D:8?2EFC6 2AA62C65 F?56C 9:D A@=:E:42= A9:=@D@A9Ji k6>mx?5FDECJ |62?D vC@HE9 ]]] vC@HE9 |62?D !6@A=6 ]]] !6@A=6 }665 w@FD6D ]]] %96 r:EJ #62AD %2I6D ]]] p?5 vC@HD $@>6 |@C6Pk^6>mk^Am kAm%96 ?6IE 52J[ E96 cd\J62C\@=5 #6AF3=:42? H@? 2 D62E :? 4:EJ 8@G6C?>6?Ej E96 7:CDE p7C:42?\p>6C:42? 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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: 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. 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Peterson Harry “Pete” Peterson, Lincoln’s first African-American city councilman, was elected in 1969.
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: 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: 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: Catching up with Charlie Greene — the world's fastest man slows down He wore sunglasses when he ran.
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: 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 lifetime of love for each other and the people of Lincoln Melanie and John Ways met in Camden, New Jersey.
