Perfect Black

Famous quotes containing the words perfect and/or black:

“But to each thought and thing allied,
Is perfect Nature’s every part,
Rooted in the mighty Heart.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Mighty few young black women are doin’ domestic work. And I’m glad. That’s why I want my kids to go to school. This one lady told me, “All you people are gettin’ like that.” I said, “I’m glad.” There’s no more gettin’ on their knees.”
—Maggie Holmes, African American domestic worker. As quoted in Working, book 3, by Studs Terkel (1973)