A photo essay from Time entitled. "Crowns: A Brief History of Church Hats"...
Aretha Franklin stole the show on Inauguration Day with a bow-tied example of African American church hat culture. TIME examines the accessory and where it came from.
Photos from the book Crowns, by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry.
A Colorful Command
Who knew that a Bible commandment could come in so many colors? When the Apostle Paul declared that women must cover their heads during worship (1 Corinthians 11:15), African American women took his decree, attached feathers and bows to it, and turned it into something beautiful.
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This was a great post. Happy to see it here again, I love hats!
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