Hemovich and Wheeler
This file appears in: Spokane's Haircut Fight: Black Spokane's Fight For Civil Rights
Attorney Michael Hemovich left and Spokane barber John W. Wheeler his client.
This file appears in: Spokane's Haircut Fight: Black Spokane's Fight For Civil Rights
Spokane's Haircut Fight: Black Spokane's Fight For Civil Rights
In October 1963, in downtown Spokane an exchange student at Gonzaga University from Liberia went into a barbershop to ask for a haircut. In a few minutes, Jangba Johnson experienced what it meant to…