Os partidos políticos e o Primeiro Congresso Nacional do Negro realizado na cidade de Porto Alegre no ano de 1958

In this article, we seek to analyse how the activities of the First National Black Congress, that happenned inthe city of Porto Alegre (1958) were related to the interests of the political parties, especially of those originated from the PTB (Brazilian Labour Party). We used to this work the interviews of people that witnessed and knew the influence of the PTB in the porto-alegrense black community in the 1950’s, as well as the annals of the Legislative Assembly of the Rio Grande do Sul and of Porto Alegre City Hall, the minutes of the meetings of the Sociedade Floresta Aurora, the Rio Grande do Sul Gazette, Correio do Povo Newspaper, personal letters and an appropriated bibliography.