Explore a tradition among African American women of wearing hats to worship, from the simple to the simply out-of-this-world. Faith and fashion fuse in photographs of thirty African American women ...

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After the publication of the popular book, “Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats” in 2000, two of the Miami Valley’s most energetic Sharons — Sharon Howard, who was working for WDTN-TV at ...

More than 20 ladies from churches across West Tennessee donned hats of all colors, sizes and designs during the first “Hattitude” — an event celebrated April 15 by the Salem Missionary Baptist Church ...

Retired from 40-year career with The Muskegon Chronicle sales department. Widowed after a long and happy marriage, with three daughters and five grandchildren. Oversee the youth auxiliary at Greater ...

Hats, once a necessity for all women, may be returning to the list of must-have accessories. More than 1 billion were sold in the United States in 2004, up 15% from the preceding year and well over a ...

To some, hats are simply a fashion statement, but to others hats mean much more. Several hats are featured in The Drama Group’s “Crowns” from April 29 to May 8 at the Milord Studio Theatre in Chicago ...

When it comes to breaking out the Sunday best, no one does it like beautiful Black women ready to worship on Easter Sunday. Church serves as not only a place of refuge and worship for many African ...

The New York State Museum is looking for hats Black women wore to church as part of an exhibit. The museum and the Rapp Road Historical Association are teaming up to collect and preserve the stories ...

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We all know the women in church whose hat collections should be in a museum somewhere. They sit in the front pews with their stunning toppers on display as they praise the Lord in their absolute ...