Video: You Won’t Believe How Far the Brazilian Government Went to Rid The Country of Black People

By ABS Contributor | Published on: July 3, 2014 | Updated on September 2, 2016 Comments (50)

In Brazil, Professor Gates delves behind the façade of Carnival to discover how this “rainbow nation” is waking up to its legacy as the world’s largest slave economy.

Video by PBS

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