A short account of a strike of 800 pupils in Stepney, east London on May 27, 1971, which successfully won reinstatement of a teacher who was sacked for publishing a book of pupils' poetry.
City of London Corporation to remove controversial slavery-era statues
Sir John Cass (pictured)- whose name was also removed from the title of City University s business school last year - was a major figure in the Royal African Company, which made much of its money directly from the slave trade. (Getty Images)
The City of London’s local authority has today voted to remove statues of a slave trader and a slave owner from its Guildhall HQ.
The City of London Corporation’s Policy and Resources Committee, its most influential body, voted to remove the statues of Sir John Cass and William Beckford in an attempt to distance itself from the Square Mile’s historic slavery links.