Luzell Johnson left a factory job in Alabama for a much higher-paying one as a cement finisher at Hanford. His wife later joined him, and they bought a house in Hanford; like many Hanford workers, Johnson settled in the area after the war.
Luzell Johnson
Cement FinisherHanford, WA
African-AmericanManhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Listen to Luzell Johnson’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project