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Cecil John Rhodes

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British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)

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The first segment teases out the connections between the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the reignition of protests at Oxford University to have a statue of Cecil John Rhodes removed from campus. Source: Internet

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