Black feminism in Brazil arose from the intertwining of black movements and white feminism in the 1970s, similarly to what occurred in the United States, while de-colonial feminism, a more recent phenomenon, concerns more directly indigenous populations. This article holds that these plural feminisms derive from the same epistemological and political postulates. Lélia Gonzalez (1935-1994) and Sueli Carneiro (born 1950) are the two prominent figures who contributed to the emergence of the black feminist movement.