EVENT INFORMATION

10
November
2011

Brazil establishes a National Day of Black Consciousness

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📅 10 November 2011 📍 Brazilië

Law 12,519 created the National Day of Black Consciousness, observed on 20 November in memory of Zumbi dos Palmares. The date grew from Black movement organizing and historical work that centered resistance rather than the state’s 13 May abolition narrative. The law recognized a political memory linking slavery, quilombola resistance, and continuing struggles against racism. It established a national observance but did not make the date a federal public holiday; later campaigns continued to press for broader recognition and action.

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Zumbi dos Palmares

Black movement organizers

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Brazilian Congress

Black movement organizations