Trófeu Raça Negra

The Trófeu Raça Negra (Black Race Trophy) is a Brazilian award which is handed out to individuals and groups who have contributed or exhibited advancements for Afro-Brazilians.^[1] Organized by the NGO Afrobras, it was first handed out in 2000 on the 500th anniversary of the European arrival in Brazil, and has been held annually since 2004.^[2] It is similar to the NAACP Image Award in the United States.

Recipients

2023

The theme was dedicated to Gloria Maria, television journalist.

• Ailton de Aquino, Director of the Central Bank
• Alaide Costa, Singer and Composer
• André Felicissimo, President of Procter and Gamble of Brasil
• Barbara Reis, Actress
• Claudinho Oliveira, São Paulo Police Ombudsman
• Denisio Liberato, President of Bb/ Asset Management
• Djamila Ribeiro, Philosopher, black feminist, writer and academic
• Edinho, Coach and former footballer, Son of Pelé
• Eliza Lucinda, Actress – Soap Opera
• Fernando Padula, Municipal Secretary of Education
• Gilson Ferreira, President of G10 Favelas
• Kelli Quirino, Advisor at Banco Do Brasil
• Laura and Maria, daughters of Gloria Maria
• Luis Roberto Barroso – President of the Federal Supreme Court
• Manuella Mirella Nunes Da Silva, president of the National Union of Students
• Mirela Archangelo, child reporter
• Renata Sofial, Screenwriter Rede Globo
• Reta Jo Lewis, President of Eximbank United States
• Samuel de Assis, Actor
• Sheron Menezzes, Actress
• Teofilio Barba, State Deputy, Author of the law that considers Black Awareness Day a state holiday in SP

2022

The theme was focused on women who have contributed to the welfare of Black women in Brazil and elsewhere.

• Aline Borges, actress
• Aline Torres, Municipal Secretary of Culture for São Paulo
• Benedita da Silva, Politician
• Dilma Rousseff, former President of Brazil
• Duda Ribeiro, singer
• Eunice Prudente, Municipal Secretary of Justice for São Paulo
• Fofão, former volleyball player
• Glaucimar Peticov, executive director of Banco Bradesco
• Graça Machel, humanitarian activist, widow of Samora Machel and Nelson Mandela
• Inês Maria Coimbra, State Attorney General for São Paulo
• Lu Alckmin
• Luiza Helena Trajano, chair of Magazine Luiza
• Maria Alice Setúbal
• Marina Silva, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
• Marta Suplicy, Secretary of International Relations for the city of São Paulo
• MC Soffia, recording artist
• Neilda Fabiano,
• Patricia Vilela, president of Humanitas360
• Paulina Chiziane, Mozambican writer
• Simone Tebet
• Sônia Silva, Student of the 1st Administration class at FAZP

2021

The theme honored Ismael Ivo, former director of the São Paulo City Ballet.

• Aline Torres, Municipal Secretary of Culture for São Paulo
• Aretha Duarte, 1st black Latin American woman to reach the top of Everest
• Bruna Brelaz, former president of the National Union of Students
• Christian Gebara, CEO of Telefônica Brasil
• Elizeu Soares Lopes, police ombudsman of São Paulo
• Elza Paulina de Souza, Municipal Secretary of Urban Security for São Paulo
• Eunice Prudente, Municipal Secretary of Justice for São Paulo
• Frederico Trajano, CEO of Magazine Luiza
• Fernanda Garay, Silver Medal in Volleyball Tokyo 2020
• Hebert Conceição, Gold Medal in Boxing Tokyo 2020
• Jesus Roque, Vice Mayor, Secretary of Culture of Guarulhos
• Jonathan Azevedo, Actor
• Ludmila, Singer
• Mart'nália, Singer
• Michel Temer, Former President of Brazil
• Paola Miguel, Councilor of Campinas
• Preta Gil, Singer
• Thaíde, Rapper
• Thelma Assis, doctor, television presenter
• Thiago Thobias, attorney
• Tony Gordon, Singer
• Vera Ivo, Sister of Ismael Ivo
• Wallace Martins, race driver

2020

• Luiz Melodia – singer-songwriter (posthumous)
• George Floyd – American victim of police brutality whose murder sparked international protests (posthumous)
• Benedita da Silva – politician
• Celso Athayde – entrepreneur and event producer
• Emicida – singer-songwriter, rapper
• Jaqueline Goes de Jesus – Biomedicalist and researcher
• Luana Génot – businesswoman and activist
• Luís Roberto Barroso – jurist, current Justice of the Supreme Federal Court, President of the Superior Electoral Court
• Luiza Helena Trajano –businesswoman
• Paulo César de Oliveira – former football referee
• Viviane Ferreira – filmmaker

2019

• Raul Botelho – the first black Air Force Lieutenant Brigadier and the first Commander of the Joint Staff of the Defense Ministry, the Lieutenant Brigadier.
• Érika Malunguinho – the first trans state deputy elected in Brazil, in 2018. She is also known for having created the Quilombo Urbano named Aparelha Luzia in the center of the capital.
• Dr. Pedro Luiz Sousa – delegate responsible for the arrest of the torturers of the young black man at the Ricoy Supermarket.
• Alexandra Lohas – prominent journalist and activist in 2019, former French consul.
• Miguel Haddad – federal deputy. Former mayor and pioneer in the implementation of municipal quotas for the city of Jundiaí, serving as a model for other municipalities in Brazil.
• Ricardo John – together with Zumbi, he developed the book Caixa Preta, Leão de Ouro in Cannes and institutes targets for hiring young black people at the Agency.
• Rodrigo Tortima – director of Agência Gray and directors Adriano Matos, Gustavo Zordan and students from Faculdade Zumbi dos Palmares, Vanessa Holanda, Klesley Alves, Mayra Sales and Alex Andre – together with Faculdade Zumbi launched the Machado de Assis Real Campaign, from rescue of the blackness of the great Black Writer, the campaign was awarded gold at Cannes.
• Andrea Assef – together with Zumbi, she launched the book Caixa Petra in the appreciation and visibility of the historical achievements of black people, won gold at Cannes, Director of the Thompson Agency.
• Flávia Lima – journalist, black woman occupying the post of Ombudsman of the Folha de São Paulo newspaper.
• Jacquelin Jules, Deniel Pierrot, Chrisner Louis and Evens Alce – young black Haitians (interns at Zumbi dos Palmares) hired at Banco Bradesco.
• Paulo Roberto Vieira da Silva – physician.
• João Acaiabe – actor, storyteller, one of our greatest griots, the master.
• Dexter – rapper

2018

• Marielle Franco – politician (posthumous)
• Mano Brown – rapper
• Valéria Lúcia dos Santos – lawyer
• Otávio Frias Filho – newspaper editor (posthumous)
• Dias Toffoli – president of the Federal Supreme Court
• Fafá de Belém – singer
• Maria Inês Fini – president of the Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira
• José Gregori – former Justice minister
• Rilma Aparecida Hemetério – current judge of the Regional Labor Courts in São Paulo
• Teresa Cárdenas – Cuban writer
• Gaby Amarantos – singer
• Reinaldo – singer
• Luiz Carlos Trabuco – former president of Bradesco Bank
• Luiza Trajano – businesswoman
• Adama Dieng – former UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide

2017

• Zica Assis, founder of Beleza Natural
• Dr. Karen Eloise de Andrade Firne, first student at the Department of Medicine of Jundiaí
• Major Helena dos Santos Reis, First black secretary of the Casa Militar and State Coordinator of Civil Defense of the state of São Paulo
• Paulo Rogério Nunes, Publicity)
• Floriano Pesaro, representative of the Jewish community
• Marco Pellegrini, National Secretary for the disabled
• Ivan Renato de Lima, regional mayor of the neighborhood of Pirituba
• Luiz Melodia, singer (posthumous)
• João Saad, president of the Bandeirantes group
• Ícaro Silva Silva, actor
• Marcelo Knobel, dean of Unicamp (university)
• Marco Antônio Zago, dean of USP
• Maurício de Sousa, cartoonist
• Dandara Mariana, actress and dancer
• Rachel Maia, CEO of Pandora Brasil
• Ismael Ivo, Head of the ballet of the Municipal Theater of São Paulo
• Maria Helena Guimarães, of the Ministry of Education
• Jorge Carlos Fonseca, President of Cape Verde.
• Zezé Motta, actress
• João Doria, Mayor of São Paulo

The 2017 award to João Doria, however, was accompanied with controversy in the Afro-Brazilian community and press. Doria is a descendant of slave-owners in the Doria family, and his actions as mayor against touchstones of Afro-Brazilian culture such as samba and Carnaval have been perceived as racist.^[3]

2016

• Elza Soares, singer
• Carmen Lúcia, President of the Federal Supreme Court
• Arlindo Cruz, singer
• Raul Botelho, Lieutenant-Brigadier of Air, Brazilian Air Force
• Papa Paul Kisolokele, Religious leader in Angola
• Kim Cape, GBHEM general secretary - president of the North American investment fund of the Methodist Institute of Educational Services
• Arnaldo Niskier, writer and member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
• Rafaela Silva, judoka winner of the gold medal in the Rio 2016 Olympics
• Cláudio Lamachia, President of the Federal Council of OAB
• Sheila Cristina Nogueira da Silva, mother of Carlos Eduardo (19 years), murdered by a bullet lost in Rio de Janeiro
• David Uip, Secretary of Health of the State of São Paulo
• Sabrina de Paiva, Miss São Paulo 2016
• Mauro Silva, Champion of the Brazilian National Team and vice-president of the Paulista Football Federation
• Rodney Williams, Vice President of Microsoft Brazil
• Raissa Santana, Miss Brazil 2016
• Francisco Macena, chief of staff of the São Paulo City Hall
• Walter Feldman President of the Paulista Football Federation
• Antônio Mosquito, Angolan businessman

2015

• Marcus Vinicius Furtado Coêlho, President of the National OAB
• Nilcemar Nogueira, Grandson of Cartola and creator of the Samba Museum
• José Alencar de Souza, Chef-owner of the restaurant Santo Colomba
• Maurício Pestana, Secretary for the Promotion of Racial Equality in São Paulo
• João Carlos Martins, Maestro
• Macaé Evaristo, Secretary of Education of the State of Minas Gerais
• Conceição Evaristo - Writer
• Érico Brás, Actor
• Kenia Maria - Actress
• Matheus Dias - Actor
• Gabriela Dias - Actress
• Lorival Ferreira dos Santos - Judge of the Regional Labor Court (TRT) of Campinas
• Maria Júlia Coutinho - Journalist
• Wole Soyinka - Nigerian Writer, Nobel Prize for Literature
• Martinho da Vila

2014

• Graça Machel, Political activist and human rights defender, widow of Nelson Mandela and Samora Machel
• Tiago Barbosa, actress
• Marcos da Costa, President of the OAB of São Paulo
• Neuza Maria Alves, first black female court judge of the Regional Federal Court of Brasilia
• Nadir de Campos Júnior, first black prosecutor of Justice of the State of São Paulo
• Yityish Aynaw, first Black Miss Israel
• Geraldo Alckmin, Governor of São Paulo
• Fernando Haddad, Mayor of São Paulo
• Antonio Pinto (Secretary of the SEPPIR (pt))
• Luis Gustavo do Nascimento, first black Attorney General of the State of São Paulo
• Vera Eunice (daughter of writer Carolina de Jesus)
• José Henrique Paim (1st Minister of Education)
• Marco Simões (honored from Coca-Cola do Brasil)
• Aranha (goalkeeper of Santos)
• Paulo Speller (dean of Unilab)
• Celso Janet (Secretary of Sports)
• Paulo Reis (Alderman of São Paulo)
• Glaucius Oliva (President of CNPQ)

2013

• Paulina Chiziane, Mozambican writer
• Creuza de Oliveira, president of the FENATRAD union
• Zeze Barbosa, actress
• Paulo Lins, writer
• Irene Neto, President of the Board of Directors of the Agostinho Neto Foundation, daughter of Agostinho Neto
• Larry Robinson, president of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
• Jesse Jackson, U.S. civil rights activist
• Alpha Condé, first democratically elected president in Guinea
• Emílio Santiago, singer (posthumous)

2012

• Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King
• Cacau Protásio, Avenida Brasil
• Jean Paulo Santos, Carousel
• Gloria Maria
• Carlinhos Brown
• Martinho da Vila
• Racionais MC's
• Macau, composer of the song "Colored Eyes", success in the voice of Sandra de Sá)
• Renato Sorriso (gari passista)
• Fabiana Claudino - two-time Olympic volleyball champion
• Anderson - Olympic volleyball athlete
• Hélia Souza "Fofão" (Olympic champion of volleyball)
• Luiz Fux (Minister of the "Supreme Federal Court")
• Robson Rocha (vice-president of "Banco do Brasil")
• Otavio Frias Filho (Director of Editorial of the "Folha de São Paulo")
• Bishop Afonso Nunes (Angola)
• Vanda Ferreira (former Secretary of Education of the State of Rio de Janeiro)
• Luís Inácio Lucena Adams (Advocate General of the Union)

2011

• Best Actress - Lucy Ramos (Cordel Encantado - Rede Globo)
• Best Actor - Micael Borges (Rebelde - TV Record)
• Featured Actor - Érico Brás (Tapas & Kisses - Rede Globo)
• Humorist - Charles Henrique (TV Panic - TV Network)
• Women's Journalism - Dulcinea Novaes - Rede Globo
• Men's Journalism - Thiago Oliveira - TV Gazeta
• Featured in Journalism - Heraldo Pereira - Rede Globo
• Set of the Work - Nil Marcondes - TV Record
• Black Beauty - Silvia Novaes - Miss Italy Nel Mondo
• Trophy Homage - Ruth de Souza - actress

2010

• Special Award - Milton Nascimento

Popular Award

• Movie Actor - André Ramiro (Elite Troop 2)
• Movie Actress - Cris Vianna (Beetle)
• Theater - Elisa Lucinda (Stop Talking Badly of Routine)
• Actor of TV - Marcello Melo Jr (Malhação 2010)
• TV Actress - Priscilla Marinho (Fitness ID)
• Journalism - Presenter / Reporter - Heraldo Pereira (Globo)
• Journalism - Presenter / Reporter - Maria Júlia Coutinho (Globo)
• Music - Group Good Taste

Institutional Awards

Nationals

• Dias Toffoli - Minister of the Supreme Federal Court
• Eloi Ferreira - Minister of the Secretariat for Policies for the Promotion of Racial Equality
• Ricardo Lewandowski - President of the Superior Electoral Court and Minister of the Federal Supreme Court
• Antônio Pilar - Director of Core of Rede Globo
• Thogun - Actor
• Marina Miranda - Actress
• Jeferson D - Cinematographer

International

• Ana Paula dos Santos - First Lady of Angola
• David Morgan - Vice President of Government Relations at American Express
• Dr. Jerome King Del Pino - World General Secretary of Methodist Institutions
• Dr. Ken Yamada - Special Assistant to the General Secretariat and in charge of the Methodist Fund for Global Education and Leadership Development

2009

Popular Vote

• Actor of the Year: Rafael Zulu (Caco, de Caras & Bocas, Globo)
• Actress of the year: Juliana Alves (Suellen, from Caminho das Índias, Globo)
• Television Journalism: Joyce Ribeiro (Jornal do SBT, SBT)
• Presenter of the Year: Alexandre Henderson (Globo Ciência, Globo)
• Male athlete: Adriano (Flamengo soccer player)
• Female Sportswoman: Marta (Santos soccer player)
• Pagan Group: Exaltasamba
• Singer: Alexandre Pires
• Singer: Vanessa da Mata
• Rap: Marcelo D2

Whole of the Work

• Elza Soares
• Leny Andrade
• Zezé Motta
• Osvaldinho da Cuíca
• Mestre Tadeu
• Paulinho da Viola
• Martinho da Vila
• Journalist Gloria Maria
• Journalist Ana Paula Padrão
• Roberto Carlos - Storyteller
• Taís Araújo

Artist of the Year

• Seu Jorge

Special Award

• Manoel Carlos, for the black cast placed in the novel Viver a Vida.

Institutional Category

• José Serra - Governor of São Paulo
• Lázaro Brandão - chairman of the Board of Directors of Bradesco
• Orlando Silva - Minister of Sports
• Juca Ferreira - Minister of Culture
• Edson Santos - Minister of Racial Equality
• Luciano Coutinho - President of BNDES
• Julio Cesar Alves de Oliveira - President of Banco do Brasil Vehicles
• José Lima - President of Petrobras Distribuidora
• Helio dos Santos - Mayor of Campinas
• Nelson Narciso - Director of the National Petroleum Agency
• Vereadora Olívia Santana

2008

Sportsman of the Year Category

• Maurren Higa Maggi, athlete, Gold Medal Salto Distance in Beijing

Category International

• Larry Palmer - President of the Inter-American Foundation
• Billy Paul - North American singer

Revelation Category

• Fabrício Boliveira, actor

Institutional Category

• Adriano Lima - Itaú Representing President Roberto Setúbal
• Benedito Gonçalves, Minister of STJ
• Clifford Sobel, Ambassador of the USA
• Cristovam Buarque, Senator
• Edgar Martolio, editor of Caras Magazine
• Edson Santos, Minister of Seppir
• Erickson Gavazza, Judge
• Fabio Barbosa, President of Banco Santander in Brazil
• Fernando Haddad, Minister of Education
• Gabriel Jorge Ferreira - Unibanco Representing President Pedro Salles
• Gilberto Kassab - Mayor of the City of São Paulo
• José Luis Bueno - Director Human Resources Bradesco
• José Sarney, Senator
• Laura Gold - American consul representing the American Consulate in honor of Barack Obama, who also received a congratulatory plaque for his election
• Mário Hélio Souza - President of Fundação Bradesco
• Miguel Jorge, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Development
• Nélio Alfano Moura, physical trainer of Maurren
• Ruth Guimarães, Writer

Lifetime work

• Carlos Ayres Britto, Minister of Supreme Federal Tribunal
• Daiane dos Santos, athlete
• Erickson Gavazza, Judge
• Jamelão Neto, grandson of Jamelão
• Joaquim Barbosa, Minister of STF
• Marcelo Paixão - State University of Rio de Janeiro, deputy director of Graduation
• Maria Helena Guimarães, Secretary of Education of the State of São Paulo
• Milton Gonçalves, actor
• Netinho de Paula - Cantor, Alderman elected São Paulo
• Orlando Silva - Minister of Sports
• Sandra de Sá - Singer
• Zezé Motta, actress

2007

Popular Vote

• Writer: Valquíria Ribeiro (novel "Opposite Lives") / Sheron Menezes (novel "Duas Caras" - Special Tribute)
• Humor: Sérgio Lorosa (program "A diarist")
• Singer (female): Category not announced
• Singer (male): Jairzinho
• ACTOR: Déo Garces (novel "Paths of the Heart")
• Actress of the Year: Camila Pitanga (novel "Tropical Paradise")
• Actress of the Year: André Ramiro (film "Tropa de Elite")
• Sportsperson of the Year: Diogo Silva (Taekwondo)

Institutional Categories

• Mac Maharaj, Former guerrilla fighter at the African National Congress against Apartheid and former South African Transport Minister
• Benedito Gonçalves - Jurist Federal Judge of the Second Federal Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro
• Benedita da Silva - Former governor of Rio de Janeiro
• Matilde Ribeiro - Minister of the Special Secretariat for Policies for the Promotion of Racial Equality (SEPPIR)
• Janete Rocha Pietá - Federal Deputy
• Almir de Souza Maia - Former Rector of the Methodist University of Piracicaba - creator of the first project of inclusion of blacks in higher education and partner of Unipalmares
• Orlando Silva Junior - Minister of Sports
• José Vicente, president of Afrobras - Sociedade Afrobrasileira de Desenvolvimento Socio Cultural and dean of Unipalmares - University of Citizenship Zumbi dos Palmares

2006

• Emilson Alonso, president of HSBC
• Márcio Cypriano, president of Febraban (Brazilian Federation of Banks) and Bradesco
• Janete Pietá, elected federal deputy
• Fernando Haddad, Minister of Education
• Lygia Santos, president of MIS-RJ (Museum of Image and Sound of Rio de Janeiro)
• Robson Caetano, athlete

Popular Vote

• Actress - Elisa Lucinda (Life Pages)
• Actor - Ronnie Marruda (Soul Mate)
• Sambista - Jorge Aragão / Ivone Lara (Special Feature)
• Cantor - Léo Maia
• Singer - Paula Lima
• Humor - Alligator (The Class of Didi)
• Grupo Musical - Backyard Fund / Negritude Jr. (Special Highlight)
• Sportsman - Daiane dos Santos / Alessandra Oliveira (Special Feature)

Institutional

• Benedita da Silva - Former Governor of Rio de Janeiro
• Carlos Alberto de Paula - Minister of the Superior Labor Court
• Carlos Alberto Vieira - President of Banco Safra
• Celso Luiz Limongi, president of the São Paulo Court of Justice
• Chico Pinheiro - Journalist
• Cristopher McMullen - United States Consul General
• David Uip, executive director of Incor (Heart Institute)
• Eduardo Suplicy - Senador-SP
• Eunice Prudente - Secretary of Justice and Defense of Citizenship of the State of São Paulo
• Gabriel Jorge Ferreira, president of the National Confederation of Financial Institutions
• Glaucia Marote Ferro - Director of the Alumni Group
• Gustavo Petta, president of UNE (National Union of Students)
• João Carlos di Genio, president of the Objective and Unip
• Joaquim Benedito Barbosa Gomes - Minister of the Supreme Federal Court
• Luiz Fux, minister of the STJ (Superior Court of Justice)
• Luiz Antonio Marrey, Secretary of Legal Affairs of the City of São Paulo
• Massami Uyeda - Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice
• Matilde Ribeiro - Minister of Seppir - Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality
• Milú Villela, president of the Instituto Fazer Parte and the MAM (Museum of Modern Art)
• Orlando Silva Jr., Minister of Sports
• Octavio Frias de Oliveira, President of the Grupo Folha de S.Paulo
• Sandra Lia Simón, attorney general of the Federal Public Labor Ministry
• Vicente Paulo da Silva, federal deputy

Highlights 2006

• Taís Araújo and Lazaro Ramos (Cobras & Lagartos) - Actors

Posthumous Homage

• Sandra Nascimento - Vereadora - Santos

2004

• CANTOR: Luis Melodia
• CANTORA: Luciana Mello
• SAMBISTA: Lecí Brandão
• MUSICAL GROUP: Black and White Quintet
• POLITICAL CAREER: Paulo Paim
• ACTOR: Rocco Pitanga (novel "Da color do Pecado") and Lázaro Ramos (movie "My uncle killed a face")
• ATRIZ: Taís Araújo (novel "Da cor do Pecado") and Isabel Fillardis (novel "Beginning of New")
• REVELATION: Adriana Alves (soap opera "Celebrity") and Preta Gil (singer)
• SPORTS OF THE YEAR: Daiane dos Santos

2000

• Alceu Collares
• Albuíno Azeredo
• Camila Pitanga
• Antonio Pitanga
• Ruth de Souza
• Vincente
• Edvaldo Brito
• Zezé Motta
• Joãozinho Trinta
• Pelé
• Marta Sobral
• Viviane Porto
• Jorge Lafond
• Nelson Xavier
• Paulinho da Viola

References

1. "Folha Online - Cotidiano - Troféu Raça Negra 2006 será entregue neste domingo em SP - 19/11/2006". www1.folha.uol.com.br.
2. nathanr (2017-11-21). "Troféu Raça Negra faz brado à luta pela igualdade racial". BoaVontade.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-05-21.
3. Donato, Mauro (2017-11-21). "O troféu Raça Negra para Doria era tão descabido que nem ele compareceu. Por Donato". Diário do Centro do Mundo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-05-21.

External links

• Troféu Raça Negra 2018 page ((in Portuguese)