There was a day not that long ago when many women wore hats to church. This weekend, that tradition will be honored in a special program at a Topeka church. The 12th annual “100 Women in White” ...

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They're bold, beautiful and carry cultural significance. The history of church hats runs deep and there is a new exhibit in Minneapolis celebrating the women who wear them. But the crown worn in ...

Deborah Riley is a no-nonsense professional who was the first black nurse in her hospital department at Vanderbilt. She’s never been afraid to speak her mind, but when it comes to Easter bonnets, ...

When you put on a hat, it gives you height, and it gives you power. In the African American community, especially among women in the church, hats are far more than accessories they are crowns, worn ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Big, beautiful elaborate hats bejeweled with imported crystals that dance in the sunlight streaming through stained glass windows. Fancy creations abloom with iridescent plumes, oversized roses and ...

Vanilla Beane, whose radiant hats topped the heads of legions of African American women at church, weddings and funerals in the District for half a century, earning her the title of “D.C.’s Hat Lady,” ...