BLACK RACE AND EDUCATION 30 YEARS LATER: MEMORIES AND LEGACIES

Abstract

This article proposes a re-reading of the articles published in Cadernos de Pesquisa (Research Notebooks) no. 63, which recorded in the form of articles, the presentations and discussions that constituted the Seminar "The Negro and the Education". The Carlos Chagas Foundation and The Council for Participation and Development of the Black Community of the State of São Paulo held the event in December 1986, with the support of the Ford Foundation. On that occasion, researchers on issues related to the education of black Brazilians, along with Black Movement militants gathered to present and discuss research results as well as experiences reports. Thirty years passed, in the face of necessary advances pointed out by researches, proposed by the Black Movement, have been guaranteed by Laws 10639/2003 and n. 12645/2008 the obligation to teach the history and culture of Afrodescendants, Africans and  Indigenous Peoples. Likewise, Law No. 12,990 of June 9, 2014 establishes affirmative action policies for blacks, Indigenous Peoples and impoverished in public universities, maintained by the federal public power. The article concludes by stressing the importance of continuing research with the commitment to seek the exchange between the academic world and the experiences of women, men and black children, contributing to the construction of a society project in which each person is respected and valued in their specificities.