Brazilian capitalists suppressed Black reformist organizations until after WWII.

Evidence

Still, in cities like Bahia and Sao Paulo, a small Black petit bourgeoisie made an appearance at the turn of the century. However, since Black labor was already becoming incidental to Brazilian capitalists, that middle class was not encouraged or systematically nurtured. When they did produce reformist organizations like the Frente Negra Brasileira as happened between 1925 and 1935, those organizations were ruthlessly suppressed. It would not be until after the Second World War that a militant Black intelligentsia would re-emerge. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 2129

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