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© Licensed to London News Pictures; 11/06/2020; Bristol, UK. Contractors remove the letters "Colston Tower" from the Colston Tower office block in the city centre, following renewed controversy over the name of 17th century slave trader and Bristol philanthropist Edward Colston. At a Black Lives Matter protest the previous Sunday the statue of slave trader Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down with ropes and thrown in Bristol Docks by protesters during the BLM rally and march through the city centre in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.

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© Licensed to London News Pictures; 11/06/2020; Bristol, UK. Contractors remove the letters "Colston Tower" from the Colston Tower office block in the city centre, following renewed controversy over the name of 17th century slave trader and Bristol philanthropist Edward Colston. At a Black Lives Matter protest the previous Sunday the statue of slave trader Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down with ropes and thrown in Bristol Docks by protesters during the BLM rally and march through the city centre in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.