Benedita da Silva, the first black vice-governor of Rio de Janeiro, is profiled. Through her efforts to keep hope alive for impoverished Brazilians, laws were recently enacted to protect the rights of Rio's street children and domestic employees.
Houston,Elsie (Author) and Araujo,Emanoel (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2003
Published:
São Paulo: Negras Memórias
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
32 p, Catalog from the exhibition, Negras Memórias, Memórias de Negros. "Outubro 2003"--Colophon. Disc offers a selection of 14 tracks recorded from 1930, all presenting themes and folk rhythms and songs.
