Left of Black - Black Barbershop

In this teaching enrichment video, Quincy T. Mills traces the history of the Black barbershop from its emergence during slavery into the cultural space it provides today. For more teaching tools visit: sites.duke.edu/leftofblackenr...
Professor Quincy T. Mills is the author of Cutting Along the Color Line: Black Barbers and Barber Shops in America (University of Pennsylvania Press). Mills, a Professor of History at Vassar College, reveals the unique role that Black barbers have played in the cultural, economic and political life of Blacks since Slavery.
Left of Black host Dr. Mark Anthony Neal teachers Black Popular Culture in the Department of African and African-American Studies at Duke University.
To watch Dr. Neal and Dr. Mills full-length interview visit:
• Left of Black with Qui...

[@onefootwalking]

This is encouraging. Thank you.

[@thaxtonwaters8561]

Excellent scholarship.

[@kings17court]

The Alonzo Herndon story is seriously impressive.

[@allamark3]

Excellent

[@donaldlyons180]

Love it

[@bl00dhoney]

Why is this only 4 mins ? Is this edited from a longer interview?

[@FranklinCenterAtDuke]

It is edited from a longer interview, which you can find here: czcams.com/video/pZLhHEzPc8c/video.html
This shorter video is designed to be used in 6-12 classrooms. You can find out more about our Left of Black Enrichment project here: sites.duke.edu/leftofblackenrichment/
We'll have new videos and lesson plans throughout the summer.

[@bl00dhoney]

John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University Great! Thanks for the update and I'll check out your new schools initiative.

[@kennybrown2916]

In the begining of the video the blacks were not servants but they were moors