Portrait of Johnson
This file appears in: Spokane's Haircut Fight: Black Spokane's Fight For Civil Rights
Photograph of Liberian exchange student Jangba Johnson.
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…