Zumbi dos Palmares

Colonial forces kill Zumbi of Palmares

📅 20 November 1695

Zumbi, a leader of the Palmares communities formed by people escaping slavery, was killed by colonial forces. Palmares challenged the plantation system by maintaining settlements outside enslavers’...

The Zumbi dos Palmares March demands action against racism

📅 20 November 1995

Black organizations brought roughly 30,000 people to Brasília for the Zumbi dos Palmares March against Racism, for Citizenship and Life. Marking three centuries since Zumbi's death, participants...

Black Consciousness Day becomes a nationwide public holiday

📅 21 December 2023

Law 14.759 made 20 November, the National Day of Zumbi and Black Consciousness, a national public holiday. The measure extended official recognition of a date associated with Black resistance. Its...