Abdias do Nascimento

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Brazilian Artist Abdias do Nascimento was born on 14th March, 1914 in Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil and passed away on 23rd May 2011 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil aged 97. He is most remembered for Brazil, Mixture Or Massacre?: Essays in the Genocide of a Black People. His zodiac sign is Pisces.

Abdias do Nascimento is a member of the following lists: Brazilian actors, 1914 births and Yale University faculty.

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First Name	Abdias
Middle Name	Do
Last Name	Nascimento
Birthday	14th March, 1914
Birthplace	Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Died	23rd May, 2011
Place of Death	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Build	Large
Eye Color	Brown - Dark
Hair Color	Salt and Pepper
Zodiac Sign	Pisces
Ethnicity	Black
Nationality	Brazilian
Occupation Text	Brazilian politician
Occupation	Artist
Claim to Fame	Brazil, Mixture Or Massacre?: Essays in the Genocide of a Black People

Abdias do Nascimento (March 14, 1914 – May 23, 2011) was a prominent African Brazilian scholar, artist, and politician. Also a poet, dramatist, and Pan-African activist, Nascimento created the Black Experimental Theater (1944) and the Black Arts Museum (1950), organized the National Convention of Brazilian Blacks (1946), the First Congress of Brazilian Blacks (1950), and the Third Congress of Black Culture in the Americas (1982). Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Buffalo, he was the first Afro-Brazilian member of Congress to champion black people’s human and civil rights in the National Legislature, where in 1983 he presented the first Brazilian proposals for affirmative action legislation. He served as Rio de Janeiro State Secretary for the Defense and Promotion of Afro-Brazilian People and Secretary of Human Rights and Citizenship. While working as curator of the Black Arts Museum project, he began developing his own creative work (painting), and from 1968 on, he exhibited widely in the U.S., Brazil and abroad. He received national and international honors for his work, including UNESCO’s special Toussaint Louverture Award for contribution to the fight against racism, granted to him and to poet Aimé Césaire in 2004. He was officially nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.

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