Black Consciousness Day is observed as a national public holiday for the first time

Law 14,532 amended federal criminal law to classify racial insult as racism and establish penalties for religious racism, among other provisions. Its language gave legal force to the understanding...

Decree 11,447 instituted the Aquilomba Brasil Program and its governing committee to coordinate federal measures for quilombola rights. Its intersectoral mandate includes territory, infrastructure,...

Law 14,600 set the organization of Brazil’s ministries and explicitly included the Ministry of Racial Equality. The statute followed the January reorganization and gave legislative form to the...

Decree 11,786 established the National Policy for Quilombola Territorial and Environmental Management (PNGTAQ). It recognizes territories as foundations for physical, social, cultural, economic and...

Law 14,759 of 21 December 2023 declared 20 November a national holiday for the Day of Zumbi and Black Consciousness. The measure followed decades of Black organizing that had established the date as a...

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution establishing a second International Decade for People of African Descent, continuing the global framework for recognition, justice, and development into...