Ms. Adeline Wigfall-Jones, legendary west-side barber and community builder

About this episode

Ms. Adeline Wigfall-Jones shares her life journey and the impact of her barber shop on the community.

Ms. Adeline Wigfall-Jones’ west side barber shop has brought safety and built community for generations. Now in her 90s, Ms. Adeline shares her life’s journey from a small farm in rural Georgia, to the rigorous studies she undertook to get her barber’s license, to opening her famous shop in South Bend, Indiana. This episode was produced by Jon Watson from the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts at IU South Bend, and by George Garner from the Civil Rights Heritage Center. Full transcript of this episode available here . Want to learn more about South Bend’s history? View the photographs and documents that helped create it. Visit Michiana Memory at http://michianamemory.sjcpl.org/ . Title music, “History Repeats,” from Josh Woodward, used via CC-BY-4.0-DEED. Visit his website at https://www.joshwoodward.com .

People in this episode

Guest: Ms. Adeline Wigfall-Jones

Topics covered

• community building
• barbering
• civil rights
• local history
• personal journey

Keywords

• Adeline Wigfall-Jones
• barber shop
• South Bend
• community
• Georgia
• civil rights
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center, Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts

Places: South Bend, Indiana, Georgia

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