Iowa Would Not Hire Her. On August 29, a 7-Foot Bronze of Dr. Lulu Merle Johnson Rises in the County Named for Her
A plaza, a statue---85 years late. IOWA CITY, Iowa, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In 1941, Lulu Merle Johnson became the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Iowa at the University of Iowa. Despite discriminatory hiring practices, she built her career in the segregated South....
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