{"id":429,"date":"2020-09-02T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T10:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=429"},"modified":"2020-09-21T10:05:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T09:05:08","slug":"robert-geffrye-will-he-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/robert-geffrye-will-he-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Geffrye &#8211; Will He Fall?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-hackney-citizen\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NUHhRudMat\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackneycitizen.co.uk\/2020\/08\/03\/geffrye-stand-racism-protest-calls-museum-remove-statue\/\">&#8216;Geffrye must fall&#8217;: Stand Up To Racism protest calls on museum to remove statue<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;&#8216;Geffrye must fall&#8217;: Stand Up To Racism protest calls on museum to remove statue&#8221; &#8212; Hackney Citizen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackneycitizen.co.uk\/2020\/08\/03\/geffrye-stand-racism-protest-calls-museum-remove-statue\/embed\/#?secret=tafXUa9MaW#?secret=NUHhRudMat\" data-secret=\"NUHhRudMat\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Demonstrations at the Geffrye Museum after the Board refuse to remove the statue of the founder who made money from the slave trade.<br>Interesting developments to this story &#8211; the Government wrote to the Geffrye Museum telling them that it was not Government or Heritage England&#8217;s policy to remove statues.  And in a possibly sinister move the Minister Oliver Dowden asked the Geffrye to consult the government on any move it made.<br><br>This seems to go to the heart of independence and a free country. Here is the government using its financial support to make sure independent organisations do what the government wants.<br><br>For more on this story, go here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2020\/jun\/13\/removal-of-controversial-statues-winston-churchill-protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2020\/jun\/13\/removal-of-controversial-statues-winston-churchill-protest<\/a><br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"358\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-04-10.56.18.png\" alt=\"Protestors at the Geffrye Museum\" class=\"wp-image-430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-04-10.56.18.png 592w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-04-10.56.18-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-hackney-citizen\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"X4akzzH66t\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackneycitizen.co.uk\/2020\/09\/18\/hackney-mayor-culture-secretary-geffrye-statue-lobbying\/\">Hackney Mayor condemns culture secretary for Geffrye statue lobbying<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Hackney Mayor condemns culture secretary for Geffrye statue lobbying&#8221; &#8212; Hackney Citizen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackneycitizen.co.uk\/2020\/09\/18\/hackney-mayor-culture-secretary-geffrye-statue-lobbying\/embed\/#?secret=DV9SmRR2x4#?secret=X4akzzH66t\" data-secret=\"X4akzzH66t\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>This is an update on the subject <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-museums"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Robert Geffrye - Will He Fall? 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