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Iowa County Now Named After Black Scholar Instead Of Slave Owner
Another slave owner’s legacy took an L this week after offi- cials in Johnson County, Iowa unanimously decided to re- name the county after Lulu Merle Johnson– a long-time academic who was the first Black woman to earn a doctor- ate from the University of Iowa and in the entire state itself.
Originally, Richard Men- tor Johnson was the name- sake of what the Associated Press referred to as Iowa’s “most liberal county.” John- son, who was not from Iowa and had no formal ties to the state, was the Vice President of the United States under Mar- tin Van Buren. And, as men- tioned before, he owned slaves.
CBS News reports that he
LULU MERLE JOHNSON
The death toll from the col- lapse of a Florida beachfront apartment building has risen to nine amid ongoing search-and- rescue efforts, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says.
"As of today, one victim passed away in the hospital, and we've recovered eight ... victims on site. So, I am con- firming today that the death toll is at nine. We've identified four of the victims and notified the next of kin.""We were able to recover four additional bod- ies in the rubble as well addi- tional human remains," Ms Cava said.
Scores of rescue workers re- mained on the massive pile of rubble, working to find sur- vivors among the more than 150 people who remain unac- counted for.
Four of the dead have been identified and next of kin noti- fied, the Mayor said.
Ms. Cava said teams had
The Surfside Mayor has sought to assure families res- cuers are working nonstop.
cut a "deep trench" through the pile of twisted debris to assist in the search.
"It's now 125 feet (38 me- tres) in length into the pile, it's 20 feet (6m) wide and 40 feet (12m) deep," she said, adding that it was "critical" to the search process, and that it was as a result of the trench that the additional bodies were recov- ered.
also took credit for killing
Shawnee Chief Tecumseh
during the Battle of the Thames in 1805–which was an
effort by Native Americans to stop the continued expansion of the United States into their land.
Juneteenth Menu At Atlanta Ikea Angers Black Employees
A menu that the manager of an Ikea store in Atlanta says was meant to honor June- teenth instead angered Black employees who called it insen- sitive. Many didn't show up for work on Saturday – June- teenth – and some even thought about quitting.
The manager is apologizing.
Employees who requested anonymity due to fear of reper- cussions showed CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL-TV an email sent Friday that said the spe- cial menu for customers and employees was one way to "honor the perseverance of Black Americans and acknowl- edge the progress yet to be made."
The menu included items such as fried chicken, water- melon, mac and cheese and collard greens.
Employees called that racially insensitive and igno- rant and said members of management need to do more to educate themselves on black
IKEA
culture moving forward.
"You cannot say serving wa- termelon on Juneteenth is a soul food menu when you don't even know the history -- they used to feed slaves watermelon during the slavery time," one
employee said.
"It caused a lot of people to
be upset. People actually wanted to quit. People weren't coming back to work," he con- tinued.
Employees said 33 people called out from work, which sparked an internal email re- sponse from the store manager on Saturday.
It said in part, "I truly apol- ogize if the menu came off as subjective. It was created with the best of intentions by a few of our coworkers who believed they were representing their culture and tradition with these foods of celebration."
Miami Apartment Building Collapse Death Toll Rises
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