The toppling of Edward Colston's statue in June 2020 has been a topic of fierce and ongoing debate in Bristol since it happened. Colston's legacy has been reconsidered in recent history, as although his philanthropy led many buildings in Bristol to be named after him, he also made his fortune from the trafficking of thousands of African people.
This reconsideration has led three schools which were named after the slave trader to re-brand. Some schools made this decision after the Colston Four pushed the statue into the harbourside during a Black Lives Matter protest - an act for which they were acquitted of criminal damage in court - but one made the choice before.
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