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BBC News Published image captionThe portrait will be completed on 2 April A mural of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist Jen Reid has been created to promote anti-racism. Street artist Mr Cenz painted the boldly coloured portrait, United Souls United Goals, to help build bridges between different cultural communities. Ms Reid was photographed standing on the empty plinth after the Edward Colston statue was toppled during the Bristol march last summer. She said the mural s message is one of positivity and unity . The work was commissioned by a group called The Bristol Eighteen and is located in Stokes Croft, Bristol, directly opposite Banksy s famous Mild Mild West mural. ....
Magnificent mural of Jen Reid painted on Stokes Croft By Martin Booth, Thursday Apr 1, 2021 Jen Reid only stood for a few seconds on the empty Colston plinth on the day the statue was toppled. But a new mural on Stokes Croft has permanently captured that brief moment in time. Reid’s husband Alasdair Doggart took two photographs of her on top of the plinth with her fist in the air in a Black Power salute. One of these photos had her shouting something to the crowd behind her but the other caught the imagination of people around the world when he posted it on Instagram. ....