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Institutional racism blocks progress of black clergy in Church of England, report finds

Chair of church’s racial justice commission says study on advancement of people of colour paints ‘shaming’ picture

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s refusal to discuss enslavement reparations has only magnified the issue

Commonwealth leaders have been surprised at Labour’s position – and campaigners have even called the PM’s stance ‘offensive’

The Guardian - UK

UK university cuts threaten to ‘wipe out’ black scholarship, academics say

Critics say courses are being closed that played a leading role in addressing racial disparities in higher education

The Guardian - UK

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Slave trader Colston left bequest to Church of England, archive shows

As archbishop of Canterbury visits Jamaica, research reveals trader left money to church’s missionary arm

The Guardian - UK

Why I was the right person to deliver the United Reformed Church’s slavery apology

Letter: Rev Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson, the moderator of the URC General Assembly, responds to a suggestion that it was absurd for a Black British woman to deliver the church’s apology to Black Jamaicans

The Guardian - UK

Will the Anglican church come clean and pay its debt over slavery? Not from what we have seen so far

As terrible facts emerge about its level of complicity, we expect a just and humane response – but have yet to receive one, says theologian and broadcaster Robert Beckford

The Guardian - UK

Beatings, brandings, suicides: life on plantations owned by Church of England missionary arm

Documents from Lambeth Palace archives show how one of Justin Welby’s predecessors approved the purchase of enslaved people for the notorious Codrington sugar estate

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Why are slave traders still being commemorated?

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Robert Beckford in which he argues that a plaque on a statue cannot cover mass murder

The Guardian - UK

A plaque on a statue can’t cover a cruel slave trader’s mass murder. My ancestors deserve better

Keeping a statue to William Beckford in London reeks of moral failure, says lecturer and broadcaster Robert Beckford

The Guardian - UK

Here we go again: Inside London’s latest jazz revolution

The capital’s nightlife is changing: in 2023, the jazz club is king once more. Isobel Van Dyke has the names to know, the places to go, and the gigs that can’t be missed

Evening Standard

Campaigners urge king to do more to acknowledge UK’s slavery role

Charles should adopt specific measures to build understanding of the legacy of enslavement, say activists and academics

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