Black Madonnas

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or madonnas:

    “To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box.... On the box is a label, not of my own choosing.”
    —Stephen Carter (b. 1954)

    “The Catholic Church has never really come to terms with women. What I object to is being treated either as Madonnas or Mary Magdalenes.”
    —Shirley Williams (b. 1930)