ABSTRACT
The presence of Afro-descendant students in Colombian universities took place long before constitutional multiculturalism, as we know them today. The emergence of affirmative actions in higher education in Colombia is result of the mobilization and claim processes that took place in different cities from the fifties of the last century. This article aims to make this political event visible as a milestone in the history of claims in the educational field of our country, as well as to highlight the agency of Afro-Colombian student organizations during this century in the implementation and expansion of the universe of affirmative actions. at various public universities.
Keywords
Afro-Colombians; Organizations; Affirmative actions; Higher education