Laudelina Campos Mello: Union leader and militant against racial discrimination
Born in the city of Poços de Caldas, in the state of Minas Gerais, in 1904, Mello worked as a domestic and became the first […]
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Laudelina Campos Mello
Born in the city of Poços de Caldas, in the state of Minas Gerais, in 1904, Mello worked as a domestic and became the first […]
Responsible for numerous parts of important buildings in slave-era São Paulo, black architect Tebas honored with statue
Note from BBT: When you learn of stories such as today’s feature, you wonder, what other hidden black figures does Brazil have in its past? Well, […]
With Harriet Tubman being considered for the first black woman to grace an American bill, here are a few black Brazilian women to consider for the Brazilian REAL
Note from BBT: For anyone who knows me and my political views, they can attest to the fact that I saw this past election cycle […]
On this date in 1935 was born one of Brazil’s most important intellectuals, a leading voice of black women and Afro-Brazilians, Lélia Gonzalez
Note from BBT: It’s very fitting that the subject of today’s post is being featured on what would have been her 86th birthday as well […]
Faculdade Zumbi dos Palmares: Releases book ‘Black Box’ | Black Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: It sees that Brazil’s only majority black college, Faculdade Zumbi dos Palmares (UniPalmares) is making some moves. A few weeks […]
Where are the Afro-Brazilians in history books? 17 black people that you never learned about in school
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s article is short, right to the point and something that my research and experiences on/in Brazil demonstrate why such […]
In the 1960s, when black Brazilians were barred from white clubs, the Aristocrata Club became the “the most luxurious black club in Brazil”
Note from BW of Brazil: The roots of racism and black resistance are deep and filled with tragedies as well as hidden treasures. This story […]
Keeping blacks in “their place”: Companies in southern city prefer “white men, aged 25-35”, acknowledges Human Resources president
Note from BW of Brazil: Let’s be real. Is anyone really surprised by this? In a country where the labor force was based on black […]
Black women’s organizations and website protest and demand public apology for display of black boy mannequin with shackles on its feet in supermarket
BW of Brazil: Who comes up with this stuff? Sometimes one really has to wonder if these types of things are oversights, carelessness, lack of […]
Brazil has most maids of any country in the world; a legacy of slavery, oppression and social inequality, middle and upper classes want to keep it that way
While the film The Help may have brought back memories of paternalistic, oppressive relationships in the recent past of the US, domestic service in Brazil continues to […]
