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Britain examines its slave-trade past

The Black Lives Matter campaign, which was propelled by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, has become a worldwide movement, particularly in Britain, where the former colonial power is struggling to come to terms with the global stain of racism and its slave-trading history. Correspondent Mark Phillips talks with art curators and historians about how countries like Britain profited from the triangle trade, and how slave owners profited even after slavery was abolished.

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Student forced to remove BLM mask

A student at a catholic high school in York, Pennsylvania says he was forced to take off his Black Lives Matter mask before his graduation ceremony. Photos show Dean Holmes wearing the mask during rehearsal, but the 18-year-old says when the procession began, teachers and the principal told him to remove his BLM mask and gave him a face shield to wear. The school says it has a dress code for the ceremony, and "any graduate wearing a cap, gown or mask with any message would have been asked to remove it."

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