Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church HatsAn acclaimed photographer and award winning journalist provide an intimate look at black women who would rather attend church naked than hatless. For countless black women, a church hat, flamboyant as it may be, is no mere fashion accessory; it's a cherished African American custom, one observed with boundless passion. A woman's hat speaks long before its wearer utters a word. It's what Deirdre Guion calls "hattitude there's a little more strut in