Religious iconography can be essential to political movements. Through imagery of hope and resistance, new theological imaginations are developed. This paper examines the imagery of Black Madonnas as a tool for resistance to the multidimensional oppression facing Black Christian women. Drawing on the works of theologians Kelly Brown Douglas, Albert Cleage, James Cone, Michelle Wolff, and philosopher Paul C. Taylor, among others, I will argue Black Madonnas both re-affirm the *Imago Dei* found in brown skin and represent the liberative vision at the heart of womanist theology. Through an examination of two works of public religious art, the *Black Madonna* in the Shrine of the Black Madonna #1 in Detroit and *Madonna and Child of Soweto* in Soweto, South Africa, this paper demonstrates the political power in these iconic works of art.