Lei 10.639/2003 – Antecedentes históricos, desdobramentos e análise dos casos das redes estaduais de educação dos estados de Sergipe e Pernambuco

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the Law 10.639 / 2003 establishing the compulsory teaching of history and African culture and African-Brazilian basic education. Search up from a literature search, to understand the historical background of this law, in order to realize their developments in government policy term of the federation and the federal entities and the extent to which their goals have changed the teaching offered by public schools, based on the analysis of the results of academic research on educational state networks in the states of Sergipe and Pernambuco. It was noticed that, although there is some progress towards the elaboration of public policies to equate distortions and racial inequalities and, as regards the teaching practices that contribute to education for ethnic-racial relations, there is still much to make to the achievement of these goals is a mark of our education, and not the result of isolated actions.