But it was the regular church ladies, black and white, who made up about half of the shop's business and helped keep the place open for 50 years, buying "showstoppers" for Sunday morning, said ...

But it was the regular church ladies, black and white, who made up about half of the shop’s business and helped keep the place open for 50 years, buying “showstoppers” for Sunday morning ...

The 12th annual “100 Women in White” service is being combined with the second “Hat-e-lujah” program at 3:30 p.m Sunday, July 16, at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church, 2222 S.E. Madison.

The evolution of church hat style evolved from African cultures to fashion icons like Madam C.J. Walker and now to second-generation milliners, designers and makers of women’s hats, like Meeka ...

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 ...

The Church Hat Collections of Veda Rawlings and Ellen Berts" is an exhibition of Black church lady hats. Many colors, styles ...

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 hats ...

A new off-Broadway play is all about hats -- sort of. Crowns tells the story of six African-American women through the hats they wear to church. For Weekend Edition Saturday, Jeff Lunden reports ...