Felipe tiago gomes and the student movement for the creation of popular gymnasiums inspired by víctor raúl haya de la torre: memory of an ideal
International Journal of Development Research
Felipe tiago gomes and the student movement for the creation of popular gymnasiums inspired by víctor raúl haya de la torre: memory of an ideal
Received 16th August, 2019; Received in revised form 11th September, 2019; Accepted 03rd October, 2019; Published online 20th November, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Eliana Lessa Cordeiro et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The study deals with the student movement for popular gymnasiums creation, started in 1943, in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, under the leadership of Felipe Tiago Gomes, originally named Poor Ginasian Campaign (CGP in Portuguese), inspired by the action of Peruvian political leader Haya de la Torre. In the late 1940s, the movement received the federation support, acquired a national character, and was renamed as National Campaign of Free Schools (CNEG in Portuguese), with the aim of promoting junior secondary education throughout the Brazilian territory. In this sense, a historical narrative about the creation movement of "Free Gymnasiums" was traced, denominated CNEG, based on texts, testimonials and documents written about the Campaign, where one can find the records, interpretations and memory of the movement.
