Airing tonight on BBC2
MONDAY 07 MARCH
Documentary
Mary Seacole: A Hidden History
11:20pm - 11:50pm
BBC2
VIDEO Plus+: 242842
Subtitled, Widescreen, Audio-described
Short series of biographical films showing the debt
Britons owes to pioneers of multi-racial Britain. Mary
Seacole was an accomplished Jamaican nurse who, on
deciding to help during the Crimean War, had to travel
there at her own expense and risk because Florence
Nightingale's organisation rejected her for being `too
dark'. One there, she saved the lives of thousands of
British soldiers.
Dr Kip Jones
Centre for Evidence in Ethnicity, Health & Diversity
Mary Seacole Research Centre
De Montfort University
266 London Road
Leicester LE2 1RQ
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