Hackney Stand Up To Racism doubles down on Geffrye campaign following Colston Four acquittal
‘No better time for offensive statue to be removed,’ says anti-racism group
Black Lives Matter
Hoxton museum hints that slaver statue could be moved following months of protests
Museum of the Home says there is ‘potential’ for monument of Robert Geffrye to be relocated to a ‘less prominent space’
Education boss ‘very proud’ as council unveils Black curriculum
Nine-week lesson plan on Black British history, including Windrush, drawn up with help of local teachers for Early Years through to GCSEs
Local politicians lift Black History flag over Hackney Town Hall
Council announces annual line-up of events honouring ‘positive and vital’ contributions of Black people to the borough
Councillors welcome platform of ongoing anti-racist reform at Town Hall
Work to combat racial inequality in council’s education and children & young people’s service scrutinised
Museum of the Home’s decision to keep Robert Geffrye statue sees swift backlash
Campaigners call for boycott following announcement Museum aims to ‘reinterpret and contextualise the statue where it is’
‘Important moment in history’: Town Hall passes Black Lives Matter motion
Hackney Council is now committed to an explicitly anti-racist policy platform in areas such as education, policing, and inequality
Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘We need a curriculum that recognises British history has not just been produced on this island’
The local writer speaks to the team behind the new African Studies Centre, which hopes to train teachers and students in Africa’s history, free of the prism of European colonialism
Hackney police commander ‘sorry that the community hurts’ as effort launched to defuse tensions
Marcus Barnett says there are ‘bridges to repair and build’ as he vows to do whatever he can to ‘make things better’
Council announces review of statues and place names as calls go out for change
Sir Robert Geffrye and Sir John Cass among those under scrutiny as human rights group Ligali urges Town Hall to ‘act now’
‘It’s time for a change’: Hundreds attend online vigil for George Floyd
Over 400 listen to local politicians and community leaders demanding global change
Black Lives Matter: What can you do?
Alice Jones provides a useful list of resources, from what to read and watch to educate yourself and your children, to which petitions to sign and where to donate
Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘The racist legacies of the past are woven into the fabric of our present’
The local writer on what is needed for meaningful change in Britain – a ‘wholesale shift in an economic system built on the enslavement and sale of human beings’
Cross-party solidarity against racism as Town Hall lit up in purple for Black Lives Matter
Local political parties united in response to death of George Floyd as council ‘reconfirms commitment’ to tackle inequality
‘No justice, no peace’: Angry protesters hold vigil for Rashan Charles who died after police chase
Stand Up To Racism protestors block Stoke Newington High Street following death of 20-year-old black man