Profs & Pints DC: Black Barber Shops—a Social History
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Profs and Pints DC presents: “Black Barber Shops—a Social History,” an exploration of the shifting and vital roles such institutions have played in American civil society, with Quincy T. Mills, associate professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of Cutting Along the Color Line: Black Barbers and Barber Shops in America.
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June 1950 - Barbershop Harmony Society
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Barbershops are extremely important to the African-American community. It was one of the first true respectable profes…
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Black Heritage Books: The History of Black Salons and Barbershops - BSB MEDIA
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This Washington, D.C. barbershop drew on decades of history to create
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Straight Razors and Social Justice: The Empowering Evolution of Black Barbershops, by Collectors Weekly, Hunter Oatman-Stanford
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The community role of the Black barber shop
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BarberNV Issue 25 by Gallus Media - Issuu
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Fade And A Shave: Inside Philly's Black Barbershops
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