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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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