NPR News: Johnson County, Iowa, Renames Itself After A Different Johnson

Johnson County, Iowa, Renames Itself After A Different Johnson
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 state.

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