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A 1980s photo of Carlton and Juanita Collins hangs inside the barbershop in the same spot it was taken.

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

Mar 15, 2019
For one year, New York-based photographer Shuran Huang followed the Collins family to church, baseball fields and their family-run barbershop.
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Jozef Jason, 7, reads a book to Ryan Griffin at the Fuller Cut in Ypsilanti, Mich., as part of the barbershop's literacy program.

Checking Back In On The Barber Who Encourages Kids To Read

Oct 19, 2016
Our story about the barbershop that takes $2 off haircuts for young readers went viral, so we went back to ask what happened next.
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Joziah and Jozef read to their barbers at the Fuller Cut in Ypsilanti, Mich. As part of the barbershop's literacy program, children get $2 off their cut for reading a book to their barber.

Choose A Book And Read To Your Barber, He'll Take A Little Money Off The Top

Oct 12, 2016
A great way for kids to brush up on reading skills? Why, reading to the barber, of course. That's the idea at one barbershop in Ypsilanti, Mich. Oh, and in Houston, Dubuque, Iowa, and Columbus, Ohio.
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