In 1887, Oregon, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey all declared a special legal holiday in September to celebrate workers. â
Afro-Brazilian religions are popular with blacks and whites alike in Brazil. Some groups follow traditional African religious practices. An example is Condomble, a religion brought by the Yoruba people of Nigeria when they came to Brazil as slaves.
The upper class in Brazil is virtually all white, a tiny group of black people in the upper-middle class. And thatâs true in Peru, thatâs true in the Dominican Republic. Haitiâs obviously an exception because itâs a country of mulatto and black people but thereâs been a long tension between mulatto and black people in Haiti.