{"id":3312,"date":"2017-04-28T11:08:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T11:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:08:43","slug":"african-american-culture-and-sunday-hats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/news\/2017\/04\/28\/african-american-culture-and-sunday-hats","title":{"rendered":"Helen K. Thomas commentary on African American cultural practices featured in the <em>Seattle Times<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/african-american-culture-and-sunday-hats.jpg\" alt=\"african american culture and sunday hats\" class=\"wp-image-24033\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\tFor a front-page Easter-edition feature on black women and Sunday hats, the Seattle Times drew on the expertise of IAS alum Helen K. Thomas (16, <a href=\"\/Cultural Studies\">Cultural Studies<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\tThomas is currently the Communications and Marketing Manager for the Northwest African American Museum; she is also a novelist who focuses on young adult fiction for teens of color. Her contributions to the feature highlight the deep history and imaginative symbolism of the cultural practices of African American church-going women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\t\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 practice of wearing head coverings to church is not just about following Scripture, showing respect to the Lord or being fashionable,\u201d the article notes. \u201cFor African Americans, it also connects wearers to their ancestors and their community and represents endurance and triumph over poverty, hardship and sorrow,&#8221; says Helen K. Thomas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s important to acknowledge,\u201d she says, \u201cthat we did not always have authority over our own selves and our own bodies, clothes, hair or looks. We were not, as black women, always afforded the luxury of adorning ourselves. So for us, there is something about wearing a hat that is deep.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s about the sense of connection you inherently feel with your ancestors and your community,\u201d explains Thomas, \u201cAnd an expression of blackness and black culture that embodies self-expression, dignity, identity, tradition and respect,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/life\/on-easter-as-on-every-sunday-church-hats-have-deep-significance-for-black-women\/\">on the Seattle Times website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tFor a front-page Easter-edition feature on black women and Sunday hats, the <em>Seattle Times<\/em> drew on the expertise of IAS alum Helen K. 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