About Us
The Black Lives Matter Brazil-USA project is
an ongoing collaborative effort. Contributors
to date include:
Allessandra Reuben
Candida De Hoyos
Catherine McMillan
Charles Berman
Christian Sheerer
Christopher Simmons
Cydney Livingston
Elijah Wroten
Felise Collins
Jamal Burns
Jeremy Tang
John Markis
Jonathan Mengistu
Jose Rosario
Kennede Lewin-Occenad
Kristen Rigsby
Lucas Torres
Myles Hudzick
Nate Thompson
Rahel Petros
Ronald Carr
Sarah Simmons
Tre Jones
Veronica Namiba
Chloe Ricks
Juliet Irving
Courtney Crumpler
Gray F. Kidd
Marcelo Ramos
Dr. Silvio Almeida
Dr. John French
ExHibition Sponsors
Duke Department of History, Duke Brazil Initiative, Office of the Dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, and Office of the Dean of Social Sciences in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
NEWS ABOUT US
past events
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Penn Pavilion Installation
Image Credits
Black Lives Matter Brazil-USA
“OaklandBLM-4174” by Annette Bernhardt is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Ocean Atlantique ou Mer du Nord, 1683, public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1683_Mortier_Map_of_North_America,_the_W est_Indies,_and_the_Atlantic_Ocean_-_Geographicus_-_Atlantique-mortier-1693.jpg
Necropolitics: Racism is a politics of death
Stowage of the British slave ship Brookes under the regulated slave trade act of 1788, December 1788, public domain, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98504459/
Racism: It’s Structural
Ocean Atlantique ou Mer du Nord, 1683, public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1683_Mortier_Map_of_North_America,_the_W est_Indies,_and_the_Atlantic_Ocean_-_Geographicus_-_Atlantique-mortier-1693.jpg
Dialing 911 shouldn’t get you killed
“OaklandBLM-4174” by Annette Bernhardt is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
“George Floyd” by chaddavis.photography is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 7th June, 2020. Protesters took to the streets during the Covid-19 pandemic, during a Black Lives Matter rally, in protest against the racism and death of black people, including George Floyd in the USA, and Joao Pedro in Rio. Credit: Fernando Souza/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News. Paid license.
“I can’t breathe”
“OaklandBLM-4174” by Annette Bernhardt is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
“Ato Vidas Negras Importam • 07/06/2020 • Belo Horizonte/MG” by midianinja is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 2
“Ato ‘Parem de Nos Matar!'” by CatComm | ComCat | RioOnWatch is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
“George Floyd Black Lives Matter Protest, 14th & U Streets, 5/29/20 (Explored)” by Geoff Livingston is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
The Winds of Change
Two Nations, Two Pandemics
Yan Marcelo Carpenter/@yanzitx Antonio
Junião, Ponte Jornalismo
“Enterros coletivos no Cemitério N.S de Aparecida em manaus (Foto Fernando crispim/La Xunga/Amazônia Real)” by Agência Amazônia Real is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
The Breath of Life
“OaklandBLM-4174” by Annette Bernhardt is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Knight Foundation, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre performs legendary Alvin Ailey’s Revelations in Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, February 17, 2011, https://www.flickr.com/photos/knightfoundation/5985641517/in/photostream/
“Marielle por NINJA” by midianinja is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Daniel Arroyo/Ponte, Pontos de umbanda e candomblé abriram os caminhos para a marcha passar, November 18, 2020, https://ponte.org/marcha-da-consciencia-negra-reafirma-resistencia-e-homenageia-mari elle-e-mestre-moa/
Don’t be the white moderate MLK criticized
Betsy Graves Reyneau, Martin Luther King, Jr, U.S. National Archives at College Park, Collection H: Harmon Foundation Collection, 1922-1967, no. 559202 (public domain).
An injury to one is an injury to all
“Ato Vidas Negras Importam • 07/06/2020 • Belo Horizonte/MG” by midianinja is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 11.
For a Politics of Life (Vitapolitics)
“Integrantes de movimentos de defesa dos direitos da comunidade negra reuniram-se na capital paulista para a 13ª Marcha da Consciência Negra Foto: Rovena Rosa/Agência Brasil” by Brasil de Fato is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
“Black Lives Matter – Downtown Minneapolis” by Tony Webster is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
“Ato Vidas Negras Importam • 07/06/2020 • Belo Horizonte/MG” by midianinja is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
“Black Lives Matter” by 5chw4r7z is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Team, Contributors, and Institutional Support
Photograph by Marcelo Ramos
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