The leveling chair: Barbershop and salon owner brings values, culture to craft

Walking into Busy B’s Barber Shop & Salon, there are five chairs to choose from, some worn from 15 years of new and regular customers cycling through. African art, posters of political figures, photos and quotes that shop owner Bernard Franklin has curated or been gifted over the years leave little real estate on the walls. Snipping scissors and buzzing razors compete with the academic lectures, interviews and documentaries that play from a TV in the corner.  Regardless of race, cr