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…showed last 75 words of 403 total… emerged in the 1970s in Bahia organized blacks not only to celebrate African and Afro-Brazilian history, but to work for political change. While blacks in Bahia still lag behind other segments of the state's population in a host of socioeconomic categories, their mobilization around issues of race is creating conditions for improving the lives of people of African descent throughout Brazil. By: Jermaine Augmon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** African Slaves in Brazil