Sandra Bullock appeared at SXSW in Austin, Texas, for the premiere of her new movie “The Lost City”.
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Stacey Morris As an African American, I cannot discuss Black history without mentioning the direct influence it has on the fabric of my existence. As a Black female barber-stylist, by profession, I reflect on the history of Black barbers and barbershops, as well as my progenitors that pioneered a historical pathway.Amidst many social changes that transpired in the 19th century, Black-owned and operated barbershops catered most to white patrons.
The Black barbers, who were usually slaves, rarely serviced Black men.Segregation was highly enforced, forbidding barber tools used on a Black man to also be used on white customers. After the emancipation, Black-owned barbershops were opened to service Black customers.
That was the very beginning of the barbershop traditionally becoming a sanctuary for Black men. During those years, prerequisites, individualized by each state, required a barber to be formally trained and licensed, causing many shops to close.
This propelled Henry Miller Morgan in 1934 to open the first barber school for African Americans, Tyler Barber College, which soon became a national chain. Eventually, the Tyler Barber schools grew to train nearly 80% of Black barbers in America at the time.Ten years after the successful opening of the Tyler Colleges, my grandfather, who was 17 at the time, began to study and take advantage of the rich social and economic legacy of barbering.
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makeup and hairstyling, while the guild hyphenates the first word and splits the second.)In the television categories, “Saturday Night Live” won three awards and “The Kelly Clarkson Show” and “Danger Force” won two, with other winners including “American Horror Stories,” “Pose,” “Star Trek: Discovery,” “Emily in Paris,” “Genius: Aretha,” “Dancing With the Stars” and “Legendary.”The in-person ceremony also included special presentations to Jon Favreau, who received the Distinguished Artisan Award, and to make-up artist Michèle Burke and hair stylist Joy Zapata, who received Lifetime Achievement Awards.