What happened to the black Brazilian woman on May 14, 1888?: The day after the abolition of slavery
Black women on May 14th, 1888 It was a sunny Sunday, when Princess Isabel signed the Lei Áurea (Golden Law) which abolished Slavery in Brazil. […]
Black women on May 14th, 1888 It was a sunny Sunday, when Princess Isabel signed the Lei Áurea (Golden Law) which abolished Slavery in Brazil. […]
Note from BW of Brazil: As more and more people become aware of the importance of Brazil in the history of African descendants, the numbers […]
Note from BW of Brazil: In an ongoing attempt to bring more positive visibility to black Brazilian women that has already included writing contests, books, […]
Mercedes Ignácia da Silva Krieger, Mercedes Batista, was born in 1921, in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, […]
Photos: Left to right, top row and bottom row: Benedita da Silva, Federal Deputy and first black woman to serve as governor of the state […]
Last week on December 19th, the struggle for black liberation lost a great warriors: Thereza Santos. Because she was Brazilian from a Portuguese-speaking country, the […]
In memory, these are the words of the late Edialeda Salgado do Nascimento (1941-2010), the first black woman to assume a position of Secretary of State of […]
Originally published on November 25, 2011 Republished in recognition of the Month of Black Consciousness Carolina Maria de Jesus (1915-1977) (1) was a favelada (slum dweller) from […]
When speaking of racial classification or identity in Brazil, things can get quite complex. On the one hand, various reports have proclaimed Brazil to have the largest black […]
Today is the first day of November, which is recognized as the Month of Black Consciousness in Brazil. November 20th is the national Day of […]
Image taken from Raça Brasil magazine I still remember the conversation. It was September of the year 2000 and I was kicking it with my new […]
Cotas (Quotas)* For the past decade, the implementation of a quota system to help more of Brazil’s non-whites get into public federal universities has been […]
Once again, the Brazilian media has been accused of promoting demeaning images of its black population. The online social network, Correio Nagô, that presents itself as […]
Once again, the Brazilian media has been accused of promoting demeaning images of its black population. The online social network, Correio Nagô, that presents itself as […]
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