Black Barbers of Charlottesville Tour

Dates and Times

• Saturday, Sep 13, 2025  12pm - 1pm
• Saturday, Sep 20, 2025  12pm - 1pm
• Saturday, Sep 27, 2025  12pm - 1pm
• Saturday, Oct 4, 2025  12pm - 1pm
• Saturday, Oct 11, 2025  12pm - 1pm
• Saturday, Oct 18, 2025  12pm - 1pm
• Saturday, Oct 25, 2025  12pm - 1pm
• Saturday, Nov 1, 2025  12pm - 1pm
• Saturday, Nov 8, 2025  12pm - 1pm
• Saturday, Nov 15, 2025  12pm - 1pm
• Saturday, Nov 22, 2025  12pm - 1pm
• Saturday, Nov 29, 2025  12pm - 1pm

Location

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Details

Take a look at the city of Charlottesville through the history of its Black barbers. Focusing on stories from the late-19th and early-20th centuries, this tour covers the history of Jim Crow, segregation, and into the Civil Rights Movement. Playing a pivotal role in society and business, Charlottesville’s Black barbers held influential positions within the local community and their barbershops were places of gathering and commerce, while also sometimes being spaces of racial tension. Learn about these complexities and more through stories of men like John West, James Ferguson, and Washington Pollard.

$20 General Admission Adult/$10 General Admission Youth (12 and under)
$10 Member Adult/$5 Member Youth (12 and under)

Tour Capacity: 15 guests

Tour Length: 60 minutes

Walking Distance: Approx. 1.5 miles