LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

First black Guardsman

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

Jul 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:03

Description

Report on the passing out of Richard Stokes, the first black soldier recruited into the Grenadier Guards, following a personal campaign for the recruitment of black guardsmen by Prince Charles. Including reaction from his mother Beverley, his adoptive mother Josie Stokes; and Major-General Christopher Airy’s speech at the ceremony. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Josie Stokes; Christopher Airy

Keywords

Armed forces; Racial discrimination; Racism; Black peoples; Prince Charles; Soldiers; Grenadier Guards; Richard Stokes

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