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Former Tuskegee Airman Paul Adams lived in Lincoln with his wife, Alda. He died in June of 2013, and Alda followed five years later.
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Tuskegee Airman Paul Adams received a Congressional Gold Medal for his service in World War II.
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A mural for Lt. Col. Paul Adams decorates a wall in the gym at Adams Elementary School.
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Former Tuskegee Airman Paul Adams stands with the shovel he was given after using it to officially break ground at the site of the elementary school that would bear his name in southwest Lincoln. Behind Adams are then-Lincoln Public Schools Superintendent Susan Gourley (left) and Elgin Hunt.
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Lt. Col. Paul Adams was one of the first African American teachers hired by Lincoln Public Schools.
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Former Tuskegee Airman Paul Adams lived in Lincoln with his wife, Alda. He died in June of 2013, and Alda followed five years later.
- JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO
Tuskegee Airman Paul Adams received a Congressional Gold Medal for his service in World War II.
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A mural for Lt. Col. Paul Adams decorates a wall in the gym at Adams Elementary School.
- GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Former Tuskegee Airman Paul Adams stands with the shovel he was given after using it to officially break ground at the site of the elementary school that would bear his name in southwest Lincoln. Behind Adams are then-Lincoln Public Schools Superintendent Susan Gourley (left) and Elgin Hunt.
- JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO
Lt. Col. Paul Adams was one of the first African American teachers hired by Lincoln Public Schools.
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