Abdias do Nascimento

Abdias do Nascimento founds the Teatro Experimental do Negro

📅 13 Oktober 1944

Abdias do Nascimento founded the Teatro Experimental do Negro (TEN) in Rio de Janeiro on 13 October 1944. The organization challenged the exclusion and stereotyped casting of Black performers while...

The Black newspaper Quilombo publishes its first issue

📅 9 December 1948

The first issue of Quilombo: vida, problemas e aspirações do negro appeared on 9 December 1948, linked to the Teatro Experimental do Negro. Under Abdias do Nascimento’s coordination, the periodical...

The Unified Black Movement stages a public protest in São Paulo

📅 7 Juli 1978

On 7 July 1978, Black activists and allies gathered on the steps of São Paulo’s Municipal Theater to denounce racial discrimination, including racist violence and exclusion in sport. The demonstration...