The origins of the Sunday headdress date back to the South, particularly for Black women. Berts attributes it to women who had one Sunday outfit that they wore with pride. The signature piece of that ...

The New York State Museum is looking for hats Black women wore to church as part of an exhibit. The museum and the Rapp Road Historical Association are teaming up to collect and preserve the stories ...

As a child growing up in Ebenezer Baptist Church, Angela Farris was in awe every Sunday as she watched a parade of women walk into the sanctuary adorned in brightly colored and elaborate church hats.

Sorting through a wardrobe recently revealed a distinct category labelled “church clothes,” highlighting a tradition of specialised attire for different activities that dates back to the 1960s. This ...

How women’s roles have changed in the Black church. Debates about women’s roles in the church are back in the headlines, but a lot of them leave out a large and important group of American Christians: ...

(NEXSTAR) — The first Black congregations in America pre-date the nation’s founding in 1776. Since then, African American churches continue to support faith, and the fight for Civil Rights across the ...