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Feb 5, 2015 · Being originally from the south, Johnson was a slaveholder and he brought his slaves with him as he established the first mission in Turner, Kan., in Wyandotte County.
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The band, as well as a reservation that filled much of Johnson County, came to be named after Black Bob, so a street in his honor seems entirely logical. “This issue arises from time to time that perhaps the name Black Bob Road has a racist connotation,” said Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee tribe.
Jun 27, 2021 · The county was first named after a slave-owning former vice president who had no connection to Iowa. Now it will be named for Lulu Merle Johnson: the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in the...
During their work session Wednesday, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to change the county's eponym - the person it is named after - to Lulu Merle Johnson, who earned her Ph.D. in history at the University of Iowa.
Johnson County was created on August 25, 1855 by the Kansas Territorial Legislature. One of the first 33 counties in the state, it was named for the Reverend Thomas Johnson, founder of the Shawnee Methodist Mission.
Jun 25, 2021 · A county in Iowa was named after a slave-holding vice president. Now, it’s named after Lulu Merle Johnson, the first Black woman to earn a PhD from the University of Iowa.
Jun 25, 2021 · Johnson County, Iowa, voted to change its eponym from Richard Mentor Johnson, a lifelong slaveholder, to Lulu Merle Johnson, the first Black woman to earn a PhD in Iowa.
