Black Equity Organisation, whose trustees include David Lammy and Dame Vivian Hunt, aims to dismantle systemic racism in UK

A national civil rights group to advance justice and equity for black people in Britain has been created by some of the country’s most influential black figures.

The first of its kind, the Black Equity Organisation (BEO) aims to dismantle systemic racism nearly two years after George Floyd was choked to death by a US police officer in 2020. The killing spurred large protests around the world – including in the UK, where the statue of the slave trader Edward Colston was toppled into Bristol harbour.

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