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From YouTube: Mr. Moore's Barber Shop
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Interweaving history, family, community, and the struggles of racism, Mr. Moore's Barber Shop takes us on a journey through time in Arlington's Halls Hill community. The business provides more than just haircuts; it’s a community hub and a place to spend time with and learn from neighbors. https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Projects/Plans-Studies/Historic-Preservation
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A
Black
barbers
in
this
area
would
go
to
DC
because
they
would
make
more
money,
cutting
the
white
patrons
hair
and
what
they
insisted
was
their
Clippers
had
no
black
hair
in
them,
no
curly
hair
in
them,
so
they
wouldn't
cut
black
people's
hair
anymore,
and
there
were
a
lot
of
you
know
black
people
doing
well
in
the
Halls
Hill
Community.
They
had
government
jobs,
they
had,
you
know
their
own
businesses
and
they
were
doctors
and
lawyers
and
stuff,
and
so
we
started
cutting
those
folks,
hair.
A
The
barbershop
traditionally
is
a
newspaper
kind
of
place.
You
go
there
and
figure
out.
What's
going
on
in
the
community
from
different
people
that
come
in
I
have
access
to
all
types
of
people.
We
had
a
customer
and
when
he
went
to
work
the
man
said
to
the
to
our
customer
wow
Michael,
that's
a
great
haircut
where'd.
You
get
that
from.
He
said.
A
Oh
Mr,
Moore
I've
been
going
there
for
forever
and
he
told
them
a
story
about
my
dad
told
him
about
me
and
he
said
wow,
that's
pretty
cool
he's
pretty
much
a
leader
of
this
community.
He
said
yeah.
He
really
is.
He
said.
Oh
I
said
write
him
a
note.
So
one
day,
I'm
in
the
shop
and
the
envelope
that
comes
here
in
the
mail
and
I
look
at
it
and
I
was
like
from
the
White
House
and
they
open
up
and
it's
a
letter
from
Barack
Obama
fly
over
the
ocean.
A
Take
you
along
the
Drone
dream,
is
a
local
cab
driver.
He
owns
his
own
cab.
He
goes
and
takes
kids
to
different
events,
or
he
picks
up
the
elderly,
seniors
people
groceries
or
takes
them
to
the
store
or
whatever
just
a
way
of
reaching
back
coach
Thompson
and
our
relationship
blossomed.
In
one
of
the
lessons
that
the
coach
taught
me
was
I
was
talking
about
how
the
kids
have
a
safe
space.
It's
very
important.
He
taught
me
that
lesson.
B
A
My
dad
he
would
go
to
people
who
would
come
to
him
and
patronize
his
business
when
they
got
sick.
He
would
go
to
the
hospital,
he
would
take
me
along
and
he
cut
their
hair
and
he
would
never
charge
them.
I
said
dad
you're,
giving
away
business
and
he
said
nope,
you
can't
always
take
from
people.
You
always
got
you
got
to
get
back
to.
A
A
The
community
bought
a
pumper
truck
and
an
ambulance
and
they
were
staffed
by
the
men
they
volunteered.
They
learned,
you
know
the
basic
skills
back
then
it
wasn't
what
we
have
now.
It
was
just
BLS,
we
call
it
basic
life
support
stuff,
and
so
they
could,
you
know,
save
literally,
you
know
their
families,
their
communities,
their
their
friends.
B
A
County
government
came
to
me
and
said:
Mr
Moore
We
value.
What
we,
what
you
do
we
want
to
support
you
in
in
many
ways
as
we
can
and
so
and
I
thought
about
that
I
was
like
wow.
Why
would
they
do
that?
For
me?
It's
not
just
because
you
know
we're
a
legacy
built
business.
We've
been
here
for
a
long
time.
It
must
have
value
to
the
community,
and
so
that's
really
what
the
barbershop
you
know
has
today,
just
just
something:
intangible,
that's
more
than
just
a
good
haircut.
A
All
right,
my
dad's
conviction
that
every
person,
not
just
in
the
community
every
person
in
the
world
has
a
responsibility
to
each
other
and
to
the
Future
Generations.
None
of
my
dad
has
passed
away.
I
understand
it
more
because
my
dad
is
still
living
through
me
and
then
he'll
be
living
through
my
kids
and
then
you
know
hopefully
forever
and
some
kind
of
way
through
the
people
that
he
touched.