EVENT INFORMATION

10
Novèmber
2011

Brazil establishes a National Day of Black Consciousness

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📅 10 Novèmber 2011 📍 Brazil

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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Personanan den e suseso aki

Zumbi dos Palmares

Black movement organizers

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Brazilian Congress

Black movement organizations