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Law 7,716 defines crimes of racial discrimination

📅 5 Januari 1989

Brazil sanctioned Law 7,716, defining offences based on prejudice of race or colour, including discriminatory exclusion from employment and access to services. It supplied criminal-law mechanisms...

Law 10.639 makes Afro-Brazilian history and culture compulsory in schools

📅 9 Januari 2003

Brazil enacted Law 10.639, requiring the teaching of Afro-Brazilian history and culture in primary and secondary education. Its prescribed content included African history and Black struggles and...

Brazil adds Indigenous history and culture to compulsory school teaching

📅 10 Maart 2008

Law 11.645 extended curriculum requirements to include Indigenous history and culture alongside Afro-Brazilian content. It recognized Black and Indigenous contributions to Brazil's formation and their...

Brazil enacts the Statute of Racial Equality

📅 20 Juli 2010

Law 12.288 established Brazil's Statute of Racial Equality, addressing equal opportunity and the defense of Black people's individual, collective and cultural rights. Its provisions covered areas...

A federal quota law widens access to universities

📅 29 Augustus 2012

Brazil enacted Law 12.711, reserving half of places in federal higher-education institutions for students from public secondary schools, with income and racial provisions. The policy included Black,...