Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility Chaseedaw Giles, Author at Baltimore Independent

Author: SHANNON NAJMABADI

The Final Cut

BALTIMORE — The barber had with him his tools of trade: a black leather smock, a razor, clippers, scissors and tufts of black locks he had collected from the floor of his shop.   He would use them to try to cover the bullet hole that tore through his client’s head. Antoine Dow owns a […]

Listen: The Reverberations of Gun Violence In Baltimore

Chaseedaw Giles discussed her story about the West Baltimore barber who cares for his clients in life and death on Baltimore’s news radio station, WBAL, on March 20. Can’t see the audio player? Click here to download. When a good friend in Baltimore said he was offering a final haircut to a client who had been […]