The program is part of an eight-cities and the U.S. Virgin Islands-based collaborative research project that began in 2010 to examine African American dress and identity.

African-American Easter Fashion. Easter fashion is a tradition in the African-American community that dates back decades. It’s a time when we dress up in our Sunday best and show off our sense ...

Catherine E. McKinley’s “The African Lookbook” and Richard Thompson Ford’s “Dress Codes” revisit the rules and repression imposed by the clothes we wear.