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The Brazilian Black Front (Frente Negra Brasileira), Brazil's first black political party, was founded in 1931 to fight racism but was disbanded six years later during Getúlio Vargas’s New State period (1937-1945), which restricted political activities. Although this period was repressive, Vargas's 1931 Law of Naturalization of Labor ...
Black Brazilian is a term used to categorise by race or color Brazilians who are black. 10.2% of the population of Brazil consider themselves black (preto).Though, the following lists include some visually mixed-race Brazilians, a group considered part of the black population by the Brazilian Black Movement.
"African" or the black population at the time in Brazil did not only characterize those who were born in Africa but also the descendants of the "African- borns" who were born in Brazil. [7] Due to the removal of the slave status and property requirements for the black population, it resulted in the formal equality of the white and black population.
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Analyzing Black Brazilians' Y chromosome, which comes from male ancestors through paternal line, it was concluded that half (50%) of the Black Brazilian population has at least one male ancestor who came from Europe, 48% has at least one male ancestor who came from Africa and 1.6% has at least one male ancestor who was Native American.
The Brazilian Black Front (Portuguese: Frente Negra Brasileira, FNB), part of the Black Movement of Brazil, was Brazil's first political party representing the Black community. [2] Formed in 1931 and active until the November 10, 1937 suspension of political parties by the then president, Getúlio Vargas , the Frente mobilized Brazil's Afro ...
Movimento Negro (or Black Movement) is a generic name given to the diverse Afro-Brazilian social movements that occurred in 20th-century Brazil, particularly those movements that appeared in post-World War II Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
Note: 'Afro-Brazilians' are citizens of Brazil of Black African ethnicity or ethnic descent. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.