Day 11: Remembering Local History during Black History Month Ghuneem Furqan founded and operated the Pyramid Institute of Barbering for thirty-seven years before retiring in 2013. A graduate of the old Modern Barber College in Winston-Salem, Furqan began his career as a barber in 1960. The school, which opened in 1978 in Winston-Salem, moved to Patterson Avenue and 7th Street in the Howard-Robinson Building, where it operated for nineteen years. In addition to running this …school, Furqan worked for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in research and development before retiring from Reynolds in 1994. Furqan estimates that his school graduated approximately 8,000 students. The Depot Street Renaissance mural by Leo Rucker represents the contributions of just a few of the many individuals, businesses and institutions that made the neighborhood that is now the Innovation Quarter a prestigious community and a thriving hub of Black enterprise. Visit the mural on 7th Street between Research Pkwy and Vine St: https://bit.ly/3uyaHQr #blackhistorymonth #blackhistorymonth2022 #BHM2022 #blackhistoryisamericanhistory #bhm #blacklivesmatter #blm #blackhistory #history Photo credit: Winston-Salem Journal | JournalNow