The locals call it Black Wall Street, and it’s earned the nickname. Seventeen black-owned businesses operate on the 2400 block of St. Paul Street, which sits on a bustling intersection at the geographic center of Baltimore city. In this episode, we meet the crew at Reflection Eternal Barbershop, where an aspiring music producer creates hip hop tracks in between haircuts. We visit Deleen’s Boutique, where the namesake proprietor works wonders on a Juki sewing machine. We drop in at Flourish, a shop that specializes in crystals, essential oils, and Tibetan Singing Bowls. And we check out what’s cooking in the kitchen of Terra Café.
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Listen to Andwele Ra and Sundiata Osagie, Reflection Eternal 
Listen to Sunflower 
Listen to Deleen 
Listen to Nilajah Brown, Flourish Boutique 
Listen to Terence Jerome Dickson, Terra Cafe 
Listen to Teryn Dickson 
Listen to Roshe Anthony, Roshe Cosmetics 
Listen to Malacka Reed El 
Listen to Robert Hardy, The Press Hair Studio 
Listen to Howard E Williams, III 
Listen to Mohamed ‘Sam’ Hussein and Umar Faruk 
Listen to Donovan Upchurch, screen printer 
Listen to Ayoluwa ‘Ayo’ Nzinga, Grind House Juice Bar & Café 
Listen to Lauryn Byrd 
Listen to Marqius at Style Lab
Transcripts
- Andwele Ra and Sundiata Osagie, Reflection Eternal
- Sunflower
- Deleen
- Nilajah Brown, Flourish Boutique
- Terence Jerome Dickson, Terra Cafe
- Teryn Dickson
- Roshe Anthony, Roshe Cosmetics
- Malacka Reed El
- Robert Hardy, The Press Hair Studio
- Howard E Williams, III
- Mohamed ‘Sam’ Hussein and Umar Faruk
- Donovan Upchurch, screen printer
- Ayoluwa ‘Ayo’ Nzinga, Grind House Juice Bar & Café
- Lauryn Byrd
- Marqius at Style Lab
