Resources
Newspaper articles, letters, reports, statements, legal positions in date order:
Archive of articles on the statue
10 June 2020 – 16 June 2021
Hackney Citizen newspaper
https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/tag/robert-geffrye/
Museum of the Home reopens to protests over statue of slave ship owner
12 June 2020
Miranda Bryant, Guardian newspaper
Have your say on the future of the Sir Robert Geffrye statue at the Museum of the Home
July 2020
Consultation report commissioned by Museum of the Home
https://www.museumofthehome.org.uk/media/r4sfteny/statue_consultation_report.pdf
Statement by the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the Home about the statue of Sir Robert Geffrye and plans to create greater diversity and representation at the Museum
29 July 2020
Museum Felt ‘Extremely Compromised’ by Minister’s Plea to Keep Slave Trader Statue
27 August 2020
Graeme Demianyk, Huffington Post newspaper
Working with the Museum of the Home: Geffrye Must Fall
23 November 2020
Dr Azeezat Johnson's open letter to the Trustees of the Museum of the Home
https://azeezatjohnson.com/2020/11/27/working-with-the-museum-of-the-home-geffrye-must-fall/
New legal protection for England’s heritage
17 January 2021
GOV.UK
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-legal-protection-for-england-s-heritage
Tougher planning rules for statues are ‘impractical and unethical’
12 March 2021
Geraldine Kendall Adams, Museums Journal
Geffrye Must Fall Protest - Diane Abbott MP statement
10 June 2021
Stand Up to Racism
https://www.standuptoracism.org.uk/geffrye-must-fall-protest-diane-abbott-mp-statement/
The Museum of the Home 'welcomes peaceful protest' over Geffrye statue
11 June 2021
Holly Chant, Hackney Gazette (including quotes from artists Michael McMillan and BLKBRD)
https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/museum-of-the-home-reopening-sneak-peak-8042780
Review, Rename, Reclaim
22 July 2021
Hackney Council
https://hackney.gov.uk/naming-review