Brazil has undertaken affirmative action in its universities on an unprecedented scale. An expert group of international scholars puts the new policies in historical, political, and legal context; evaluates their outcomes for students and universities; and demonstrates that the policies have been successful in addressing racial inequality.

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Blacks in National Politics
2 From the Black Movement’s Struggle to the Teaching of African and Afro-Brazilian History
3 Equal Opportunity Policy in Brazil: Black Activism and the State
4 Affirmative Action from the Perspective of International Human Rights: Challenges and Possibilities from the Brazilian Experience
5 Affirmative Action and the Expansion of Higher Education in Brazil
6 Afro-Brazilian Support for Affirmative Action
7 Ambition with Resistance: Affirmative Action in Brazil’s Public Universities
8 Affirmative Action in Brazil: Achievements and Challenges
9 The Defeat of Quotas within the Racial Equality Statute
Notes on Contributors
Index

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