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Abdias attended public school as a child and joined the military in 1930, but was discharged for disorderly conduct a few years later. He then went to Buenos Aires and studied dramatic arts. Returning to Rio de Janeiro, he founded the Black Experimental Theater in 1944. He performed in Orfeu da Canceiçao, a play by Vinicius de Moraes which was later adapted into the motion picture Black Orpheus. He became a leader in Brazil's black movement, and was forced into exile by the military regime in 1968. After 14 years of working in universities in the United States, he returned to Brazil and in 1982 was elected to the federal Chamber of Deputies. There his focus was supporting legislation to address racial problems. Jump to: navigation, search 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Buenos Aires (Good Airs in Spanish, originally meaning Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in South America. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ipanema beach Cristo Redentor Rio de Janeiros waterfront and the Morro de Castello from the Ilha das Cobras in 1919 by Harriet Chalmers Adams A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of... Jump to: navigation, search 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) is a 1959 Brazilian film by French director Marcel Camus. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

• Joseph A. Page (1995), The Brazilians. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0201441918.

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External link

• Biography