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President Joe Biden announced plans Wednesday to recruit 1,000 Black-owned barbershops and hair salons to promote the nationwide vaccination effort...

COVID-19 Education Entrepreneurship

Walker & Company Brands Gives Back to Atlanta’s Beauty & Grooming Professionals and Chicago High-School Students Amid COVID-19

Lydia BlancoMay 7, 2020May 7, 2020

by Lydia BlancoMay 7, 2020May 7, 20209572

Walker & Company Brand responded to the call for action made by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Giving Tuesday, then helped some Chicago students....

Entrepreneurship Lifestyle

Atlanta International Airport Opens its First Black-Owned Barbershop

Marie CyprienFebruary 10, 2020

by Marie CyprienFebruary 10, 20203750

Roosevelt Gilbert is the first black owner to open a barbershop in one of the busiest airports in America, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport....

Entrepreneurship

Black Barber Opens Walmart’s First Black-Owned and Operated Barbershop

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonDecember 6, 2019December 6, 2019

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonDecember 6, 2019December 6, 20194889

According to BlackBusiness.com, Shaun “Lucky” Corbett, an ex-felon, has opened a barbershop inside of a Walmart. With Corbett doing so, his barbershop becomes Walmart‘s first black-owned...

Entrepreneurship

Black Barber Opens Harlem’s First Mobile Barbershop After Getting Priced Out of Storefront

John BurnettSeptember 23, 2019September 25, 2019

by John BurnettSeptember 23, 2019September 25, 20194541

Linwood Dillard used creativity and survival instincts to revamp his business after his storefront barbershop in Harlem was gentrified in 2017....

Lifestyle

How Black Barbershops Save the Lives of African American Men

Selena HillMarch 15, 2018April 8, 2018

by Selena HillMarch 15, 2018April 8, 20182936

Black barbers and pharmacists teamed up to provide black men with “interventional therapy,” resulting in a significant decline in their blood pressure....