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• 2016, Oriel College, Oxford announces it will not remove the Rhodes statue
  The decision by Oriel came in response to the threatened withdrawal of £100 million in donor gifts to the College if the statue were to be removed, which was later revealed in a leaked letter from the development office to the governing body of the college.
• 2016, Rhodes Must Fall Oxford protest against the Christopher Codrington statue
• 2018, All Souls College installs a plaque to commemorate the enslaved people on the Codrington plantations
  The plaque was installed at the entrance to the College Library. Its text reads as follows: 'In Memory of Those Who Worked in Slavery on the Codrington Plantations in the West Indies'
• 2021, Oriel College, Oxford installs a contextualisation plaque at the base of the Rhodes statue
  The text of the plaque reads as follows: This building was constructed by Oriel College in 1909-11 with money left in the will of Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902), a former student of the college. The college commissioned a series of statues to front the building which included Rhodes at the top. Rhodes, a committed British colonialist, obtained his fortune through exploitation of minerals, land, and peoples of southern Africa. Some of his activities led to great loss of life and attracted criticism in his day and ever since. In recent years, the statue has become a focus for public debate on racism and the legacy of colonialism. In June 2020, Oriel College declared its wish to remove the statue but is not doing so following legal and regulatory advice.
• 2022, All Souls College installs a light projection on the Christopher Codrington statue to commemorate the enslaved people on the Codrington plantations
  The light projection projects a sequence of the names of enslaved people who worked on the Codrington plantations in the early eighteenth century.
• 2022, UK Culture Secretary grants listed status to Cecil Rhodes plaque at Oriel College, Oxford