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Benedita da Silva former governor, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [homepage]

Benedita da Silva talks about how she has fought to prioritize racial, class, and gender issues within both Brazil's political institutions and the Workers' Party, and how she has opposed discrimination against women and blacks.

Note: A translator is present in this lecture to translate from Portuguese to English.

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Image of Benedita Da Silva: An Afro-Brazilian Woman's Story of Politics and Love
Author: Maisa Mendonca, Medea Benjamin, Benedita Da Silva
Publisher: Food First Books (1997)
Binding: Paperback, 215 pages

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