Black Women

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or women:

    “Invention flags, his brain goes muddy,
    And black despair succeeds brown study.”
    —William Congreve (1670–1729)

    “One might imagine that a movement which is so preoccupied with the fulfillment of human potential would have a measure of respect for those who nourish its source. But politics make strange bedfellows, and liberated women have elected to become part of a long tradition of hostility to mothers.”
    —Elaine Heffner (20th century)