Through her new haircare line, Cécred, Beyoncé is pouring into a family-run beauty school that has been investing in cosmetologists since 1915.
HOUSTON â The smell of a flat iron and the sound of clippers, words of wisdom and belly-deep laughter â beauty salons and barber shops have long been a sacred space for Black women and men to commune about everyday life.For 109 years, one family has been investing in that space through the Franklin Institute, a barber and cosmetology school in Houston , Texas.''The Franklin way is the right way,'' says fourth-generation owner Ron Jemison Jr.
chosen to be a recipient of the Cécred x BeyGOOD Student Scholarships fund.'We wanted to recognize and tell this broader story of how cosmetology has been such a mainstay in our culture,' McGregor said. 'What a better school than Franklin Institute to tell that long-standing story, with a history of having served Houston and surrounding areas for so many years.
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