Acknowledgements

Website

  • Andrew Hunn
  • Michael Lachney
  • Briana Green
  • Madison Allen
  • Matt Drazin
  • Andre Harris

Barbershop Culture

  • Tommy “TJ” Dudley, founder of BRETHE and owner of Kings Grooming Lounge Birmingham, AL
  • Kris McCorkle, owner of Barber Love Barbershop, Lansing, MI
  • Quincy T. Mills (2013) Cutting Along the Color Line: Black Barbers and Barber Shops in America
  • Michael Lachney

Special Thanks

  • Tim Collier
  • Charlene Collier
  • Youth of the Ypsilanti District Library
  • Theodore S. Ransaw
  • This work was made possible with funding from the Joe L. Byers and Lucy Bates-Byers Endowment for Technology and Curriculum at Michigan State University’s College of Education.

Photos

  • Kris McCorkle

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