The Harlem Barber and Beauty Salon was a well-loved anchor of the historic Harlem community but has been closed for quite a few years. Mr. Eugene Bailey was the longtime proprietor and a living witness to the Civil Rights efforts of the Albany Movement. He told WALB News 10 in a 2011 feature that he was a shoe shine boy when the first activists began marching through the neighborhood and that he proudly joined them, even getting arrested on one occasion. But he was proud of being part of such a positive change and said being in the barber shop kept the memories alive. He passed away in 2012.