![Mary Seattle. ©National Portrait Gallery](https://brixtonblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/seacole_700.jpg)
Determination and compassion are threads running through the life of Trevor Sterling, a top lawyer and chair of the Mary Seacole Trust, and that of Mary Seacole herself. Now Mary Seacole is to be the subject of a major film drama.
Delores William talks to Trevor about his work and the 14-year campaign that resulted in the unveiling, as recently as 2014, of the first-ever statue in Britain of a named Black woman.
They also discuss the role of Black women in society – including Trevor’s mother, who used to work night shifts in Brixton – and the Windrush scandal.
![Trevor Sterling](https://brixtonblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Trevor-Sterling_IMG_1372_750.jpg)
![The Mary Seattle statue at St Thomas' hospital in London](https://brixtonblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Seacole_696.jpg)
Isn’t it Seacole, not Seattle as referred to below her portrait and the statue images?
Thank you Richard. Automatic spellcheck correction.