Please help me with my abstract. Thanks! This paper analyses the associative organization of the afro-descendant population in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, South Brazil, in 1920 years. The first one was a civic center reserved for men, the other was organized by women, and the third was a sports club. Associations lied by racial criteria were a common event in South and Southeast Brazil at that time. This research seeks to contribute to the debate about race relations in Brazilian society in the First Republic (1889-1930). In the field of Post-abolitions studies, it analyzed how the associations were articulated among themselves and with other social spaces. The study includes the analysis of the strategies that men and women involved in the associations have built to claim for civil rights, citizenship and fight against racial prejudice.