INTRODUCTION:
In Brazil, the death of young Black people is the main result of urban violence, and is related to the use of force, power, and privilege to dominate, subdue, and cause harm and suffering to others. When these young people die, they leave their families, especially Black mothers, in a context of pain and suffering due to the premature, abrupt, and violent loss of their children. However, these impacts of racism and state violence on these women have not been the frequent subject of studies in the health field. This work proposes to carry out a literature review and racialized analysis of this reality, from an intersectional perspective of race, gender, class, and generation.

METHODS:
This is an integrative literature review, based on the following guiding question: What is the current scientific knowledge produced in Brazil about the grief of Black women WHEN FACING the homicide of their children? The study material consisted of 11 articles identified in the databases that met the previously defined inclusion criteria.

RESULTS:
The sudden loss of a child in a violent situation, especially in a context where there is little empathy from the general population, imposes an interrupted and stifled grief on mothers. Therefore, through social mobilization, indirect victims find space to express their pain, give meaning to their lives, and seek moral redress from public opinion, since they are often stigmatized as "mothers of criminals," a label that serves the purpose of demobilizing their struggles.

CONCLUSIONS:
The low number of scientific publications on the grief of Black women reflects the trivialization, impunity, and invisibility of these crimes in society and the lack of recognition of how much Black women are affected by violence in their territories, based on the racist social structure of Brazil.