black lives matter in curricula? Black press and anti-racism in transnational perspective

Abstract

This article discusses some historical aspects of the anti-racist struggles focusing the Education of the black population, especially the History teaching, in the United states’ and Brazil’s contexts, mainly from the analysis of articles and reports published in newspapers of the American and Brazilian black press. Through the examples presented and analyzed here, it is possible to see how Black populations have produced different strategies and have obtained different results in the anti-racist struggle for education and the affirmation of their humanity throughout the history of Brazil and of the United states.