The UK curriculum overlooks the Slave Trade in history lessons but why isn’t it being taught as a compulsory topic and why are there still statues of known slave traders in city centres? Julia runs through the key news stories surrounding the Black Lives Matters protests across Britain, and she chats to a history teacher to further understand how so few Britons know the truth about their own country's legacy.

Reality Check Link on deaths in UK police custody: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/52890363

Petition: https://www.change.org/p/gavin-williamson-get-the-british-civil-rights-movement-on-the-curriculum

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