Luiza Bairros, Minister of Racial Equality
Luiza Bairros is a recognized leader within Brazil’s black civil rights movement, the Movimento Negro Unificado, completed her post-graduate work at Michigan State University and […]
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Luiza Bairros
Luiza Bairros is a recognized leader within Brazil’s black civil rights movement, the Movimento Negro Unificado, completed her post-graduate work at Michigan State University and […]
Black Speeches: On Black Consciousness Day in Brazil, TV special presented historical speeches of people who fought for racial causes from 1600 to today
Note from BBT: The February Black History Month in the United States officially ended a few days ago. The November Month of Black Consciousness in […]
Black Brazilian women scientists are honored in a new hobby book “Black Brazilian Women Scientists”
Note from BBT: This is yet another topic that I’m happy to see more black Brazilian men and black Braziliean getting involved. The sciences are […]
Sementes: Documentary explores the rise of black women in politics
Sementes: Documentary explores the rise of black women in politics Note from BBT: Brazil has always been a country that has reserved some of its […]
In Bahia, 76.3% of the population defines itself as black brown or mixed, but 79% of professors at the Federal University of Bahia are white
Note from BW of Brazil: Wow! Now, if it’s hard to find black professors at the federal university located in a state with one of […]
What? She’s not naked??? Why the ‘new Globeleza’ commercial is an advance for the representation of black women in Brazil and what it says about activism
Vermelho Note from BW of Brazil: Really? Already? I guess I’m not the only one who was caught by surprise by the new, annual Globeleza […]
“Us by Us: Black Media in Action”: Women discuss the role of black media in 2016 edition of Festival Latinidades
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s that time of year again! Every year for the past nine years, countless hundreds of successful black Brazilian women […]
Movimento Negro in mourning: Former Minister of Racial Equality dies at age 63 – Expressions of admiration and sorrow continue to pour in
Note from BW of Brazil: Sad news to report today. A few days ago we all received the news that Luiza Bairros, the former Minister […]
A call for end of the “Globeleza Mulata”: A Manifesto
Note from BW of Brazil: As most fans of Brazil’s most exuberant, most exciting time of the year already know, it’s Carnaval time! But in […]
Nilma Lino Gomes, the first black woman to be dean of a federal university, assumes role of Minister of Racial Equality Polices of Federal Government
Note from BW of Brazil: In the coverage of racial issues in Brazil, the governmental organ known as SEPPIR is bound to come up. It […]
As Marina Silva’s chances of becoming Brazil’s first black president fade, differences with the Obama scenario reveal much
Note from BW of Brazil: Today is election day all over Brazil. And as Brazilians go to the polls, the support for Marina Silva has […]
For black leaders of heavily Afro-Brazilian state of Bahia, Marina Silva being black and female is not enough; activists lay out 16-point agenda
Note from BW of Brazil: With only four days remaining before Brazilians head to the polls for the first of a probable two votes, according […]
Brazilian president signs into law quota for blacks in federal employee vacancies
Note from BW of Brazil: The battle over affirmative action policies in Brazil has raged on for more that a decade now. Along the way, […]
