BLACK SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AS “MODUS OF HOPE” THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION
Black Movement. The Unified Black Movement. Racial quota laws. Law 12.711/12. Law Lei 14.723/23. The Law Found on the Street.
This research is based on the hypothesis that the action of the black social movements as an educational praxis is capable of forming new subjects of law. In this scenario, black movements act as actors in the struggle to win over the black population. This work focuses on demonstrating the contribution of black movements to guaranteeing the right of black people to access higher education. To this end, the first chapter seeks to understand the concepts attributed to social movements, followed by a presentation of the main theoretical currents on social movements from the 1970s onwards. The first chapter also presents a reflection on the relationship between social movements and the law from the perspective of the theory of The Law Found on the Street. The second chapter deals with the specificities of the black movement, the history and the phases of the Brazilian black movement. The Unified Black Movement (MNU) was chosen to demonstrate how black social movements act as “modus” to hope for the right of access to higher education for black people, materialized in the laws: 12. 711/12 and 14.723/23, known as racial quota laws. To this end, the third chapter analyzes the action strategies employed in the agenda and repertoire of this emblematic social actor. The last chapter, by observing the trajectories of militancy and analyzing the speeches made, demonstrates the way in which the “voices” of the MNU are manifested in their work.