Our Matriarch: Jeanette Foreman Cummings
Generation 4 | Born December 20, 1943
"This website was created to preserve our family's rich history and strengthen the bonds between generations. From Rev. A. Wayman Ward's pioneering ministry to today's young leaders, we honor our past while building our future together. May this digital home remind us that we are connected by more than blood—we are united by faith, love, and the enduring legacy of the Ward family."
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"Though we lived in the depression, we were not depressed"
Through the voices of historians and community leaders like Timuel Blackwell, we connect our family's journey to the broader narrative of resilience, faith, and triumph that defines the African American experience.
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When A. Wayman Ward was a young Yale graduate in the early 1900s, fewer than 10% of Americans finished high school, let alone college. His degree placed him among a very small, highly educated elite of his generation, giving the Ward family an unusually strong academic and intellectual legacy for that era.
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