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Civil Rights Case Shocks Alaska Barbershop Scene
In Juneau Alaska Allan Wilson a part Chippewa Indian pleaded guilty to civil rights violation for refusing to cut a customer’s hair at a shop owned by Fred Carvillo. Wilson was convicted of assault and battery with a three day suspended sentence and a $106 fine. The barber Henry Lorance also received the same sentence for civil rights violations.
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