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Easter best and church-hat fashion

CTL-E-1287 · Practice · other · 1900–2026

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Easter Sunday as the peak of Black church fashion: new coordinated outfits for the whole family, elaborate hats ('crowns') for church mothers, children's Easter speeches and programs, and Easter dinner after service.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from LIFE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-LIFE-001:CTL-LIFE-E-021; source research type(s): practice.

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