Freedom Enterprise, xiv, xv (Maben's Barber Shop)

Identifier: DBB-ITM-02622
Source: Kendra D. Boyd, Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025). Pages: xiv, xv.
Source Type: Boyd Research Findings
Activity: barber shop
Principal: Maben's Barber Shop
Mentions: Maben, Haywood
Location: 2241 Waterloo Ave
Transcript: Maben’s Barber Shop. A two-chair barbershop located at 2241
Waterloo Street operated by Haywood Maben. Originally from
Augusta, Georgia (where he also operated a barbershop), Maben
migrated to Detroit in the 1920s. The Marxist barber used his
Detroit shop as a space to discuss radical politics during the
Great Depression. The business was plowed over in 1950 to make
way for the Gratiot urban renewal project.
Title: Freedom Enterprise, xiv, xv (Maben's Barber Shop)

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