Crowns tells the story of six African-American women through the hats they wear to church. For Weekend Edition Saturday, Jeff Lunden reports on the stories behind the hats. In 1998, North Carolina ...

The theme for the event was “My Crown and Joy: A Celebration of Women and the Church Hat.” The event was held to keep the tradition alive in the culture of African American women wearing ...

They have come to be known as the "crowns" of the church. Many churchgoing hat-wearers were raised by women who wouldn't think of going to church without wearing their Sunday best. And that ...

Many daughters and granddaughters of the women who made bold and flashy hats synonymous with the black church have not carried on the tradition. Anita Saunders, 42, Elaine’s youngest daughter ...

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Peggy Knox has a few words of advice for anyone who wants to handle her hat. "Don't do it. Not the hat. The only person who'd touch a woman's hat is someone who doesn't ...

So they produced the hats as the photographer began snapping outside All Saints Church in Banstead ... photographed the bride and groom in bright yellow hard hats. "But it is also the first ...

The Black women’s church aesthetic has always centered hats and over time they have developed from patterned headwraps to elaborate wide-brimmed beauties. The evolution of church hat style ...

Cunningham has produced the stunning portraits for the exhibition and book titled "Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats." He is encouraging attendees to wear their own crowns on Sunday ...

In the South especially, it remains a common custom for women to wear hats to church, according to Riley, who grew up in Durham, N.C., where “everybody wore a hat to church and most people wore ...

Crowns tells the story of six African-American women through the hats they wear to church. For Weekend Edition Saturday, Jeff Lunden reports on the stories behind the hats. In 1998, North Carolina ...