Men are known to enjoy talking about sports and exchanging opinions while getting a haircut at the barbershop.

Now a group of barbers and fraternity members plans to encourage barber customers, particularly black men, to turn the talk into action that will transform customers into mentors for young black males.

The barbers and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members are urging barber customers to sign up as mentors for about 780 black boys in North Texas who are on a Big Brothers Big Sisters waiting list.

Fraternity members and Big Brothers recruiters will be   more »