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Toppled Statue to Be Displayed in Museum Next to BLM Protest Signs

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   A toppled statue of an Englishman involved in the slave trade in the
   British city of Bristol will be retrieved from the harbor and placed in
   a local museum to educate residents about the history of racism, the
   City Council announced Wednesday.

   A statue of Edward Colston, a local philanthropist who worked for the
   Royal African Company in the 17th century, was toppled by anti-racism
   protesters and thrown into the harbor on Sunday.

   In statement on the Council's website, Mayor Marvin Rees announced the
   creation of a new commission that will explore more fully the southern
   city's ties to racism and inequality.

   "As a city, we all have very different understandings of our past," he
   wrote.

   Rees noted that "Education of our history has often been flawed," and
   called for an increased "accuracy of our city's history which is
   accessible to all (and) will help us understand each other, our
   differences, our contradictions and our complexities."

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