Segregation was pervasive in all aspects of American life in the 1930s. Schools, hospitals, restaurants, movie theaters, swimming pools, public restrooms—nearly every place people went in society was segregated. It became institutionalized at every level of government and sanctioned by society
Tiradentes, nickname of Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (1746-1792), was one of the participants of the Inconfidência Mineira, a movement that aimed to proclaim the captaincy of Minhas Gerais as an independent Republic. Sentenced for treason, he received the death penalty by hanging, being hanged in 17