Ollie Johnson
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
Wayne State University
"Black Politics in Brazil: From White Supremacy to Racial Integration"
Thursday, November 5
4:15 pm
Hesburgh Center, C103
Abstract
In the last three decades, Afro-Brazilians have reasserted themselves as political actors. This talk examines how Blacks have challenged the attitudes and institutions of social exclusion and demanded pro-Black public policies such as affirmative action. This development has led to a new and controversial debate about race and politics in Brazil.
Biography
Ollie Johnsonis assistant professor of Africana Studies at Wayne State University. He has conducted research on the Black Panther Party, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and other Black political groups in the United States. Currently, his research focuses on Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Latin American politics. He authored Brazilian Party Politics and the Coup of 1964 (University Press of Florida, 2001) and coedited Black Political Organizations in the Post-Civil Rights Era (Rutgers University Press, 2002). Johnson holds a BA in Afro-American Studies and International Relations and an MA in Brazilian Studies from Brown University and a PhD in political science from the University of California at Berkeley.
