Spokane Protesting in Support
This file appears in: Spokane's Haircut Fight: Black Spokane's Fight For Civil Rights
Protesters in front of Wheelers’ Barbershop. Source: Spokesman-Review Archives
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…