1925–2007
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Abdias do Nascimento
1914–2011
Brazil
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Biography
Nascimento founded the Teatro Experimental do Negro in 1944 to train Black actors and challenge racism in Brazilian culture, later serving as a senator and congressman.
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1911–1968
c. 1729–1780