This classic schoolroom drama of a black teacher in London's tough
East End who triumphs over bigotry and ignorance to change the
lives of his students forever was hailed by the New York Times as
"a book that the reader devours quickly, ponders slowly, and
forgets not at all" With opportunities for black men limited in
post-World War II London, Rick Braithwaite, a former Royal Air
Force pilot and Cambridge-educated engineer, accepts a teaching
position that puts him in charge of a class of angry, unmotivated,
bigoted white teenagers whom the system has mostly abandoned. When
his efforts to reach these troubled students are met with threats,
suspicion, and derision, Braithwaite takes a radical new approach.
He will treat his students as people poised to enter the adult
world. He will teach them to respect themselves and to call him
"Sir." He will open up vistas before them that they never knew
existed. And over the course of a remarkable year, he will touch
the lives of his students in extraordinary ways, even as they in
turn, unexpectedly and profoundly, touch his. Based on actual
events in the author's life, To Sir, With Love is a powerfully
moving story that celebrates courage, commitment, and vision, and
is the inspiration for the classic film starring Sidney Poitier.
"Moving and inspiring. . . . A book that the reader devours
quickly, ponders slowly, and forgets not at all." -The New York
Times Book Review "Fine, and genuinely touching." -Caryl Phillips
E. R. Braithwaite was born in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1912.
Educated at the City College of New York and the University of
Cambridge, he served in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
Braithwaite spent 1950 to 1960 in London, first as a schoolteacher
and then as a welfare worker-experiences he describes in To Sir,
With Love and Paid Servant, respectively. In 1966 he was appointed
Guyana's ambassador and permanent representative to the United
Nations. He has also held positions at the World Veterans
Federation and UNESCO, was a professor of English at New York
University's Institute for Afro-American Affairs, and taught
creative writing at Howard University. The author of five
nonfiction books and two novels, he currently lives in Washington,
DC.
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