AmericanBlackSchoolsContrastwithBrazil

The HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and/or Universities) are part of the
American history of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. They exist due to
segregation which would not allow African American students to enroll in schools. Seeking
for education,africanamericancommunitieswouldstrugglefortheirowncollegesin orderto
receive education. In Brazil there are not any thing wecouldconsideraHBCU,sincewedid
not live segregation, however black people seeking education was also a struggle in Brazil
due to different reasons, due to the segregationwedidnothavebut,atthesametime,similar
totheonesinAmericaRacism.
In Greensboro, North Carolina, two of the six universitiesareHBCUs.Greensborois
known by the sitins movement that happened in 1960 when four students from the North
Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University(NCAeT) occupied seats at the local
Woolworth, asked to be served, and were inevitably denied service.Whenbeing deniedthey
would not leave until they were served, which never happened, so they would repeat theact
every day and were joined bys many others, like the ones from Bennett College, the place
whereIamplacedasaPortugueseinstructor.
In this presentation I want to explain these differences and similarities between
American HBCUs and the Brazilian educational system. Brazil misses the chance of
empowering black Brazilians the way HBCUs do in the United States. Bennett College is a
womens HBCU with nearly 800 students. Notable alumni inspire the current Bennett
Belles to pursue greatness. Women like DorothyLaviniaBrown,thefirstfemalesurgeonof
AfricanAmerican ancestry from the Southeastern United States. These influences in thelife
ofyoungwomenofcolorcanchangealifeforever.