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If anyone thought this summer’s protests would be the end of the movement these five young protesters have different ideas
The killing of George Floyd by a white police officer was the catalyst for widespread anti-racist protests in the US this summer. Though Floyd’s death took place thousands of miles away, the cry for racial justice was felt deeply in the UK. Britons stood up against racism, declaring support in their thousands for the Black Lives Matter movement via a succession of passionate protests.
More than 260 towns and cities held protests in June and July – from Monmouth in south Wales to Shetland in Scotland. British historians described them as the largest anti-racism rallies since the slavery era and at the heart of many of these protests was a new generation of young black Britons.
