Maria da Graça da Silva Amaral: trajetória de uma educadora popular ambiental negra na constituição do movimento negro do Rio Grande.

Abstract

The present work sought to investigate whether Maria da Graça da Silva Amaral’s life trajectory as the protagonist of the black movement in the city of Rio Grande could be understood according to Critical Environmental Education. Therefore, based on a qualitative research within the scope of biographical narrative, we tried to understand the context outlined by Maria da Graça da Silva Amaral as a black leader in the city of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, from her personal biography and her political performance. This research is justified by the academic recovery of the black population’s culture and history, especially for black women. It was found at the end that the performance of Maria da Graça da Silva Amaral in the various social spaces of the municipality, in favor of the consolidation of the black movement, can be considered within the perspective of Critical Environmental Education as a work of emancipation of subjects historically oppressed by the racist, sexist and patriarchal system, since it was materialized on account of activities that promoted social participation, acting Maria da Graça da Silva Amaral as a Popular Environmental Educator.