Acknowledgements

Website

  1. Andrew Hunn
  2. Michael Lachney
  3. Hyein Jee
  4. Briana Green
  5. Madison Allen
  6. Matt Drazin
  7. Andre Harris

Barbershop Culture

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

Special Thanks

  1. Tim Collier
  2. Charlene Collier
  3. Youth of the Ypsilanti District Library
  4. Theodore S. Ransaw
  5. 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

  1. Kris McCorkle

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