Abdias Nascimento

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Born 1914-03-14 Died 2011-03-23 Franca, São Paulo, Brazil 13 credits honorary doctor of the University of Brasília 1 Livro dos Heróis e Heroínas da Pátria 1 Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) 1

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Won 1 honorary doctor of the University of Brasília Award

honorary doctor of the University of Brasília 1 won

— honorary doctor of the University of Brasília Won

Livro dos Heróis e Heroínas da Pátria 1 won

— Livro dos Heróis e Heroínas da Pátria Won

Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) 1 won

2007 Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) Won

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Abdias do Nascimento (March 14, 1914 – May 23, 2011) was a prominent African Brazilian scholar, writer, visual artist, politician, poet, actor, playwright, and Pan-African activist, who created the Black Experimental Theater (1944) and the Black Arts Museum (1950), organized the National Convention of Brazilian Blacks (1946), the First Congress of Brazilian Blacks (1950), and the Third Congress of Black Culture in the Americas (1982). Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Buffalo, he was the first Afro-Brazilian member of Congress to champion black people's human and civil rights in the National Legislature, where in 1983 he presented the first Brazilian proposals for affirmative action legislation.

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Acting 11 credits