Eric's 5 Star Barber & Style Shop

Happy Thanksgiving From me and my team Tee Tatts Dedra Dee Horn Brandon Moore Logan Clark Ashton Love and Sie Good Styles !!!!!!! We all have a lot to be Thankful for !!!!!!

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There was a time when walking into a bank wasn’t an option for most Black families. Not because they didn’t have ideas or ambition — but because the doors of traditional institutions were simply closed to them.

So the community built its own system. And at the center of that system sat the barbershop.

Long before credit scores, loan officers, or small business grants, the barber’s chair doubled as a financial hub. If you needed a little money to open a storefront, buy equipment, or get through a tough season, you didn’t go to a bank — you went to the man with clippers in his hand and a whole neighborhood in his heart.

Barbers were often the most stable earners in the community. Their shops brought in daily cash flow, and with that came a quiet responsibility. They loaned money with trust as the collateral. They circulated dollars before the term “circulating the Black dollar” ever became a slogan. They were the ones who believed in you when no institution would even let you fill out an application.

These shops were more than places for fades and line-ups. They were the first boardrooms, the first investment meetings, the first small business incubators. Ideas were shaped in those chairs, confidence was restored in those mirrors, and entire communities found a way forward — one conversation, one loan, one favor at a time.

When we talk about Black entrepreneurship, we can’t forget the men behind those chairs. They kept businesses alive, kept families afloat, and kept hope circulating long before the financial system ever acknowledged us.

The barbershop wasn’t just a place to get fresh.
It was a community bank before we had access to banks at all.

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Yesterday was my last day cutting in the shop until at least the end of the year ...... I've been suffering with back pain and sciatica for the last 10 years and the last year are so has really been a challenge so i will be having back surgery this Monday to resolve the problem !!!!!! In the meantime the shop will remain open and haircuts will be provided by Brandon Moore Logan Clark and Ashton Love they can be reached at 251-447-2363 ....... you can also get braids twist and locs from Dedra Dee Horn or Sie Good Styles and tattoos from Tee Tatts !!!!!!

If you came to Eric's 5 Star Barber & Style Shop today and you have an extra pair of black glasses please bring them back to the shop tomorrow !!!!

Join us on Wednesday, September 24, for our General Body Meeting featuring Karlos F. Finley, Executive Director of AFRICATOWN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (ARC).
Karlos is well known to the Mobile community. A former municipal court judge and attorney of more than 20 years, his family has called Mobile home for more than 150 years. Register today: Click here to RSVP >>> https://mabcc.securechkout.com/genbody

Wow 🤯 ....... What do you think about the trade ?????

Let me know when yall get tired of Dave and Busters so I can go !!!!!!