ASSOCIATIVISMO NEGRO EM FLORIANÓPOLIS NA DÉCADA DE 1920

: This paper analyzes the associa-tive organization of the afro-descendant population in Florianópolis, Santa Cata -rina, South Brazil, in the 1920s. The first one was a civic center reserved for men (Centro Cívico e Recreativo José Boiteux), the second was organized by women (Grêmio Recreativo Flor de Maio), and the third was a sports club (Clube Náutico Henrique Dias). Associations led by racial organization were frequent in South and Southeast Brazil at that time. This research seeks to contribute to the debate about racial relations in Brazilian society in the First Republic (1889-1930). In the field of Post-Abolition studies, it has analyzed how the associations were articulated among themselves and with other social institutions. The study emphasizes the strategies that men and women involved in the associations had built to demand civil rights, citizenship, and fight against racial prejudice.