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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