Saying it out loud!: Movimento Negro, Cultura e Política na década de 1970

Abstract

This dissertation aims to discuss the role of the black movement in the Rio-São Paulo axis in the 1970s. The objective is to examine how this generation that founded the Unified Black Movement, perceived as the birthplace of the contemporary Brazilian black movement, organized itself throughout the decade 1970. 1970 so that in 1978 a new phase of the Movement was created, a phase more concentrated on action through social protest and confronting the dictatorship in force at the time. However, we will also seek to analyze the emergence, in this same decade, of the Black-Rio Movement, which influenced thousands of young black people through soul music dances in the suburbs of Rio, and what were the relationships established between dances and other forms of activity. of the black movement. Taking into account the tradition of a black movement operating from a cultural perspective, the interactions that occur during this period are extremely important to define a new way of acting for this movement, merging culture and politics. To this end, we seek to understand their tensions, influences and confluences among themselves and with the world, through the analysis of interviews carried out with leaders of the black movement in the 1970s, using the methodology of Oral History.