The Community Roles of the Barber Shop and Beauty Salon National Museum of African American History and Culture

Since the turn of the 19th century, beauty salons and barber shops have served as special places where black people could be vulnerable and talk about issues of importance in the community.

More Than a Haircut: Madison Man, Once Incarcerated, Opens Barber Shop Meant to “Inspire”

Strands Of Love' Connects Generations Of An African-American Family : The Picture Show : NPR

Black barbershops in Portland: After 61 years in family business, who will head Dean's Barbershop and Beauty Salon next? (Photos)

Hairdressers of the World Unite! (You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Locks… and a Community to Win)

From Waves to Wigs The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Barbers, hairdressers, and Black liberation in 19th-century Minnesota — Mississippi Park Connection

History of Hair – African American Museum of Iowa

Making waves: Beauty salons and the black freedom struggle

Place, Culture, and Representation: The Art and Politics of the Harlem Renaissance - Annenberg Learner

Strands Of Love' Connects Generations Of An African-American Family