Green Book Details Wilkins Beauty Shop appears in the Green Book from 1947-1955 at 12813 Kinsman Rd under the category Beauty Parlors. See also Wilkins School of Cosmetology. Additional information coming soon.
Edith Wilkins was the owner and proprietor of The Wilkins School of Cosmetology, which trained young African American women how to offer cosmetology services. Her cosmetology school was renowned throughout Ohio even though Edith Wilkins was not originally from Ohio. Edith Wilkins was born in Plumville, Arkansas, in 1893 and attended Poro College of Cosmetology […]
Green Book Details Alberta’s Beauty Shop appears in the Green Book from 1946 to 1955 at 8203 Cedar Ave. under the category Beauty Parlors. Additional information coming soon.
Arthur L. Bryant was born in Georgia and attended school in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1922 he moved to Cleveland and opened his first barber shop at 9402 Cedar Avenue. When the business needed room to expand, Bryant moved in 1934 to 9808 Cedar, where it shared an entryway with the adjacent Lucky Bar. In addition […]
Green Book Details Deluxe Beauty Bar (or Unique De Luxe) appears in the Green Book from 1947 to 1950 at 2408 E. 79th St. in the category Beauty Parlors. It was subsequently Robert C. Martin’s barber shop. No further information is available.
Green Book Details Driskell’s Barber Shop (or Driskill) appears in the Green Book from 1947 to 1955 at 1243 E. 105th St. in the category Barber Shops. No further information is available.
Lu-Zell Beauty Salon operated inside the Majestic Hotel at East 55th Street and Central Avenue in the 1930s. Its name was a portmanteau of the first names of its owners, Lucille Jones and Marzella Martin. The beauty parlor remained in the hotel until 1939, when it moved to its own storefront diagonally across the intersection […]
Green Book Details Majestic Barber Shop appears in the 1938 Green Book at 2290 E. 55th St. in the category Barber Shops. It was actually located inside the Majestic Hotel in 2291 E. 55th St. Additional information coming soon. Resources Mills, Quincy T. Cutting Along the Color Line: Black Barbers and Barber Shops in America. […]
Green Book Details Mildred’s Beauty Lounge (owned by Mildred Gossett) appears in the Green Book from 1948 to 1951 at 899 E. 105th St. under the category Beauty Parlors. The 1951 Green Book failed to note its move in 1949 to 10420 Somerset Ave. Additional information coming soon.
Ola Morris operated Morris’ Beauty Salon at 46 North Howard Street in Akron in the 1940s, according to both the 1940 Akron Negro Directory and the 1947 Green Book. Additional information coming soon. Green Book Details Madam Morris Beauty Salon appears as “Morris” in the 1947 Green Book at 46 N. Howard St. in Akron […]
The Parisian Beauty Shoppe was located on North Howard Street, Akron’s principal Black commercial street in the mid-20th century. It was owned by Lauraetta Marshall. Green Book Details Parisian Beauty Shoppe appears as “Parisian” in the 1947 Green Book at 53 N. Howard St. in Akron under the category Beauty Parlors. Additional information coming soon. […]
Green Book Details Jones Poro Beauty Parlor appears in the 1947 Green Book at 48 N. Howard St. in Akron under the category Beauty Parlors. It was operated by Beulah Jones starting in the 1930s. Additional information coming soon.