%0 Journal Article %T Do marinheiro Jo£¿o Candido ao Almirante Negro: conflitos memoriais na constru£¿£¿o do her¨®i de uma revolta centen¨¢ria %A Almeida %A Silvia Capanema P. de %J Revista Brasileira de Hist¨®ria %D 2011 %I Associa??o Nacional de Hist¨®ria - ANPUH %R 10.1590/S0102-01882011000100004 %X this article discusses the consolidation of the "chibata revolt" ("the revolt of the whip") (rio de janeiro, 1910) as a theme in brazilian national memory, through the analysis of different moments and attempts at the restoration, appropriation and commemoration of the rising. i discuss how the building of the black sailor jo£¿o candido as a national hero was a complex process during the twentieth century, which reveals values of different temporalities, contexts and social places. analyzing three levels of memory - collective, national and individual -, i seek to understand how the celebrations related to this revolt also revealed violence, silence and forgetfulness, at the ecebido: mar£¿o / 2011; aprovado: maio / 2011 time that clashes occur in the search for the recognition and legitimacy of an icon in the celebration of its centenary. %K chibata revolt ("the revolt of the whip") %K memories %K navy %K -national hero %K racial questions. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-01882011000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en