There is also education in the movement

emancipatory perspectives of the anti-racist struggle

Abstract

In the last three years, all of humanity has experienced the power of a pandemic, which has affected all countries and peoples and left indelible marks. With regard to the Brazilian reality, the Covid-19 pandemic affected social and racial groups in different ways, thus exposing the country's racial and social inequality. In the field of education, data indicates the increase in abandonment and evasion school, whose numbers are closer to populations residing in territories marked by poverty. This article is a case study that focuses on the analysis of the educational work developed by UNEGRO/Caxias in Maranhão, between the years 2020 and 2022. The objective of the article is to analyze how Unegro/Caxias, a social movement, structured planning training that covers issues related to confronting racism and valuing the history and memory of African people on the continent or in the diaspora, ensuring discussion on the racial issue in Brazil. The research showed that the entity has a network of contacts that directly influence the success of its educational endeavor.