When it comes to breaking out the Sunday best, no one does it like beautiful Black women ... the church mothers are wearing their crowns, in the form of decadent church hats.

thought they should put together a book of the photos and the stories behind them. Marberry was curious why so many African-American women wear flamboyant hats to church. "I think it's because it ...

And that would be no small feat, since proper church ladies back then all wore hats — their finest, of course, on Easter. For generations, church sanctuaries across the nation on Sunday mornings ...

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 ...

thought they should put together a book of the photos and the stories behind them. Marberry was curious why so many African-American women wear flamboyant hats to church. "I think it's because it ...