BLACK WOMEN'S NETWORKS

plural Black voices

Abstract

In Latin America, factually, the social, political and economic scenarios still make explicit the racial and gender discrimination experienced by women in general, and specifically by black women. Thus, the scope of this article discusses the national policies elaborated from the transnational activism of the Black Movement and the Black Women's Movement and is justified both by interweaving past, present and future, as well as by reflecting on the movements of black women and their contributions – at the same time – in thought, in the formulations of policies,  in transformative anti-racist practices, in academic production and in the history of black women in Brazil. Its characterization takes place between the years 1980 and 2015. It is anchored in the theoretical and methodological contributions that have achieved to gather a vast set of documentary sources, from which we quote: National Black Convention by the Constituent Assembly (CNC), 1986; I National Meeting of Black Women (ENMN), 1988; I National Meeting of Black Entities (ENEN), 1991; and, National March of Black Women against Racism, Violence and for Good Living, 2015. We highlight the trajectories of Almerinda Gama, Lélia Gonzalez and Luiza Bairros as intellectuals and activists who broadened the horizons of the black feminist movement.