Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – All Black Lives protesters march through Bristol

Introduction To This Series:

This post is one installment in an ongoing news series: a “living history” of the current national and international uprising for justice.

Today’s movement descends directly from the many earlier civil rights struggles against repeated injustices and race-based violence, including the killing of unarmed Black people. The posts in this series serve as a timeline of the uprising that began on May 26, 2020, the day after a Minneapolis police officer killed an unarmed Black man, George Floyd, by kneeling on his neck. The viral video of Floyd’s torturous suffocation brought unprecedented national awareness to the ongoing demand to truly make Black Lives Matter in this country.

The posts in this series focus on stories of the particular killings that have spurred the current uprising and on the protests taking place around the USA and across the globe. Sadly, thousands of people have lost their lives to systemic racial, gender, sexuality, judicial, and economic injustice. The few whose names are listed here represent the countless others lost before and since. Likewise, we can report but a few of the countless demonstrations for justice now taking place in our major cities, small towns, and suburbs.

All Black Lives protesters march through Bristol

It’s the first major demonstration since the Colston statue came crashing down

By Sophie Grubb, Bristol Live

August 16, 2020

Protesters will march through Bristol today in the first major demonstration since the momentous fall of Edward Colston’s statue.

All Black Lives Bristol is leading the protest, which is due to start in College Green at 2pm this afternoon (Sunday, August 16).

There will be a march to Castle Park at about 6pm, and organisers have stressed that they want it to be a peaceful event to take a stand against racism.

It is the first big city centre protest since the Black Lives Matter march on June 7, when crowds of 10,000 people stood in solidarity following the death of George Floyd.

Bristol protesters began a domino effect around the world, after they toppled a statue of slave trader Edward Colston and rolled him into the harbour.

The powerful piece of activism sparked fierce debate and inspired similar action around the globe.

All Black Lives Bristol formed to continue the Black Lives Matter movement in the city, and has held several protests and campaigns since.

Last month they held an event in Eastville Park, designed to promote black-owned businesses and organisations.

Read the full article here.