Article: Earthly CROWNS: Beautiful church hats remain a strong symbol for black women.

Article: Black women in church hats
Post-Tribune (IN);  February 3, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... church hat. This hat, large and ... treasured church hat are captured ... Portraits of Black Women In Church Hats" (Doubleday ... on what their hats symbolize ... laughter and how black women visually reflect ... and adored. A hat also grows out ...

Article: On Sundays, black women head for their ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... constant: Many black women wear hats on Sunday ... took her hat off, I put ... Regardless, many black women, far more ... unless a hat adorns their ... places to wear hats,'' said ... celebrate, the hat took on a ... types of hats that might be worn by black ...

Article: JOYOUS SALUTE TO BLACK WOMEN AND THE PROUD HERITAGE ...
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  April 29, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... anyone still wear a hat?" Elaine Stritch ... answers the question. "Black women do. Still do. And ... Black Women in Church Hats" by Michael Cunningham. He photographed black women in their hats or ... God and for what the hat symbolizes for the ...

Article: The crowning moment; The story of Black women and ...
Tri-State Defender;  August 3, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... ladies' heads. Yes, the hat is a fashion stable in ... quality of the church hat, Michael Cunningham gave ... Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats. Beautifully photographed ... the worth of the church hat to the African-American ...

Article: Those wonderful CHURCH HATS; Some Lancaster women wouldn't ...
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  April 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... required a hat and gloves ... And fancy hats for special ... except for black women, many of whom wear stylish hats to church ... She wears a hat to church ... an Easter hat marks "the ... Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats," by photographer ...

Article: Book on church hats shows black women in ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 13, 2000 ;     446 words ... ... Black Women in Church Hats'' (Doubleday ... tradition held by many black women who attend church on ... began taking pictures of black women in their Sunday hats in the summer of 1998 ... stories and the rules of hat etiquette top off a ...

Article: CROWNS: PORTRAITS OF BLACK WOMEN IN RESPLENDENT ...
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  March 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... a rounded, turban-like fur hat, a hat shaped like a gondola, and a white wide-brimmed hat with a sweep of white flowers ... photography book "Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats," now in its seventh edition ...