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 ...

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 ...

It has sold more than 110,000 copies. He started the Crowns project by observing African-American women's tradition of wearing hats to Sunday church services. “My mother was an evangelist ...