Black Lives Matter campaigners walk in the Black Country to commemorate milestones
Black Lives Matter (BLM) campaigners in the Black Country have carried out a walk to commemorate important milestones in black history.
People gathered – adhering to social distancing rules – at Stourbridge town centre's clock tower yesterday before they walked to Dudley.
Campaigners then hosted a rally with speeches, music and poetry, to mark two of the "most important dates" for black people in history.
August 28 marked the official end of the slave trade in 1833 – with Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech taking place on the day in 1963.
Both events were marked and commemorated on the walk – with another event set to take place later today in Wolverhampton town centre.
Walkers are set to meet at Stone Street Square in Dudley – where they finished – before walking from Dudley to Queen Square in Wolverhampton.
It comes after the movement received national and international attention following the death of George Floyd in the US in May.
Mr Floyd died after a white officer held him down by pressing a knee into his neck in Minneapolis on May 25, sparking days of protest in the US.
It also saw thousands of protestors gather in Birmingham for a demonstration over his death – with calls for action over the issue.
