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image captionJen Reid posed with her statue, which appeared on the empty plinth after the statue of Edward Colson was pulled down
The personal history of a Bristol Black Lives Matter (BLM) protester, whose statue replaced that of Edward Colston, will be explored in a Radio 4 series.
The statue of the slave trader was toppled during a BLM protest in June, 2020.
BLM protestor Jen Reid, who stars in the first episode, said people should open their hearts to how all of our lives are connected to this history .
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Bristol Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid stars in Radio 4 series
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But they also talked about local traffic, air quality and the plight of a 120-year-old holm oak in the neighbourhood that had been in danger of being felled.
âBristol is such an environmentally and socially conscious place,â Fitzgibbon said. âItâs a place of protest culture and I think people have realised there are options outside the two main parties.â
Carla Denyer, one of the Green groupâs most prominent councillors, insisted this was no flash in the pan. âThis has been building, building, building,â she said.
âPeople have flocked to the Greens in droves because there is frustration in how the Labour administration has run the city, not moving quickly enough on the climate emergency,â she said.