Brazil's popular groups
Subtitle: a collection of materials issued by socio-political, religious, labor and minority grassroots organizations
Publisher: Library of Congress Preservation Microfilming Program; Available from Library of Congress Photoduplication Service
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: por
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Human rights; Ecology; Blacks; Church and state; Indians of South America; Labor; Urbanization; Homosexuality; Education; Labor movement; Social conditions; Land reform; Political parties; Women
Other titles: Brazil's popular groups.
Description: Reproduces more than 900 ephemeral primary source materials documenting the ideas and activities of numerous Brazilian organizations and popular movements which are not available from traditional publications. There are several important events and groups covered in this collection. The collection of posters brings in materials related to Education and Communication and Homosexual and Bisexual Issues.  The collection of pamphlets is strong in materials related to Children and Youth, Environment and Ecology, Human and Civil Rights and Urban Activism.
Notes: Material was gathered and organized by the staff of the Library of Congress Office in Rio de Janeiro and microfilmed in cooperation with the Overseas Operations Division and the Preservation Reformatting Division.

The collection is arranged by subject, with fourteen broad topical groups: Agrarian Reform and Land Issues; Children and Youth; Education and Communication; Environment and Ecology; Ethnic Groups: Blacks; Ethnic Groups: Indians; Ethnic Groups: Others; Homosexual and Bisexual; Human and Civil Rights; Labor and Laboring Classes; Political Parties and Issues; Religious Organizations, Ecumenical Groups and Movements; Urban Activism; and, Women and Feminists.

Introductory matter and indexes are filmed on the first reel.

Selected original illustrated material (posters: AG/002, CH/001, CH/002, EC/002, EC/003, ED/001, ED/002, ED/003, GI/001, HO/001, HO/002, HO/003, HO/004, HO/005, HO/006, HR/001, LA/002, UR/001, UR/002, WO/002) retained in the Prints & Photographs Division.

Continues: Brazil's popular groups, 1966-1986, filmed by the Library of Congress under Microfilm 88/5259 <MicRR>.

Master microform held by: DLC.

Texts in Portuguese; introductory matter and indexes in English.

Web-based keyword index to contents of the microfilm collection may be accessed from the Library of Congress Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Overseas Office Web site.