Brazil's popular groups, 1966-1986
Publisher: Library of Congress Preservation Microfilming Program; Available from Library of Congress Photoduplication Service
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: por
Format: [microform]
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Social conditions; Education; Ecology; Labor; Labor movement; Church and state; Political parties; Human rights; Women; Blacks; Indians of South America; Urbanization; Land reform; Homosexuality
Description: Reproduces more than 900 ephemeral works issued in 2003, including newsletters, house organs, reports, brochures, educational manuals and handouts, which document the ideas and activities of numerous Brazilian organizations and popular movements. The collection is particularly strong in materials related to ecology, socio-educational campaigns, and issues on violence against children and women. It is organized into fourteen broad categories: 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; Women and Feminists.
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 African/Asian Acquisitions and Overseas Operations Division and the Preservation Reformatting Division.

Introductory matter and three indexes, arranged by title, subject code, and publisher, appear on the first reel.

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

Master microform held by: DLC.

Web-based keyword index available on the Library of Congress Office, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Web site.

Selected original illustrated material (posters EC/002, GB/001, POL/001, POL/002 and WO/002) retained in Prints & Photographs Division.

In Portuguese.