A first federal law recognizes domestic work as an occupation

Law 1,390, sanctioned on 3 July 1951, classified certain acts motivated by racial or color prejudice as criminal contraventions. The law followed public exposure of discrimination, including the...

Law 4,214 set out a labor framework for rural workers, including employment relations and access to labor protections. Its passage recognized a large workforce long left outside the main urban labor...

Decree 65,810 of 8 December 1969 promulgated Brazil’s adherence to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The convention established international...

On 20 July 1971, Black activists in Porto Alegre formed Grupo Palmares. Poet and teacher Oliveira Silveira and fellow organizers researched Black history, created cultural programs, and challenged...

On 20 November 1971, Grupo Palmares organized an evocative act in Porto Alegre honoring Black resistance and Palmares. The date shifted public memory away from an emancipation story centered on the...

Bahia State Decree 25,095 ended the requirement that Candomblé terreiros register with and obtain authorization from the police’s Games and Customs authority. The change followed decades of...

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...

The heritage council approved federal listing for Ilê Axé Iyá Nassô Oká, known as Terreiro da Casa Branca, in Salvador. The decision followed a divisive debate over whether an Afro-Brazilian sacred...

Law 7,668 authorized the Fundação Cultural Palmares to preserve and promote Afro-Brazilian cultural values. Created during the transition from military rule, it gave Black cultural memory a national...

Promulgated on 5 October 1988 after the dictatorship, the Constitution made racism a crime without bail or statute of limitations and recognized definitive property rights for remnant quilombo...