1. Benedita da Silva--Rio's first Black vice governor Collection: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL) Contributers: J. Zamgba Browne (Author) Format: Newspaper Article Publication Date: 1999-11-25 Published: New York, NY Location: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Journal Title: New York Amsterdam News Journal Title Details: p. 2 Notes: 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.
