Quilombo Samba School

Black and white photo of a kid holding one side of a big banner in a street parade.

Blurry black and white photo of people wearing white and dancing in the street. The two main subjects are young women. One smiles and is turned towards the camera and the other (to the right) is looking away, focused on her dance.

1978
left: 2020.20.1888 ; right: 2020.20.1902

The Quilombo samba school is an alternative samba association that sought to question the commodification of carnival in the mid-1970s, and to re-center debates around racial justice. Here the group is commemorating the 90th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Brazil.