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**A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK** 'A milestone in
the campaign for racial equality' Guardian In 1945, Rick
Braithwaite, a smart, highly educated ex-RAF pilot, looks for a job
in British engineering. He is deeply shocked to realise that, as a
black man from British Guiana, no one will employ him because of
the colour of his skin. In desperation he turns to teaching, taking
a job in a tough East End school, and left to govern a class of
unruly teenagers. With no experience or guidance, Braithwaite
attempts to instil discipline, confound prejudice and ultimately,
to teach. 'Moving and inspiring' New York Times WITH AN
INTRODUCTION BY CARYL PHILLIPS
One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools. Based on the
author's own experiences, this is the story of a black teacher's
trials and triumphs with a group of senior pupils in an overcrowded
London school.
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.
An uplifting story of the triumph of love, inspiration and hope
against all odds, laced with the song and dance of austere 1940s
Britain. Ricky Braithwaite, an ex-RAF fighter pilot and Cambridge
graduate, arrives in London in 1948. Despite his First Class degree
in electronic engineering he is turned down for job after job in
his chosen profession and discovers the reality of life as a black
man in post-war England. Taking the only job he can get, Ricky
begins his first teaching post, in a tough but progressive East End
school. Supported by an enlightened headmaster, the determined
teacher turns teenage rebelliousness into self-respect, contempt
into consideration and hate into love, and on the way, Ricky
himself learns that he has more in common with his students than he
had realised. Ayub Khan Din's play To Sir, With Love is based on
E.R. Braithwaite's 1959 autobiographical novel of the same name.
The play was first performed at Royal & Derngate, Northampton,
in September 2013, and subsequently toured the UK.
The acclaimed author of "To Sir, With Love" recalls his lifelong
struggle against ignorance and racism while sharing a train ride
with a bigoted white neighbor
On a commuter train traveling from New Canaan, Connecticut, to New
York s Grand Central Station, a well-heeled white suburbanite
reluctantly takes the only available seat and eventually strikes up
a conversation with the black man sitting next to him. The white
businessman s verbal barrage of insensitive questions and offensive
remarks incites a rage in his black neighbor that can barely be
suppressed. But the offended rider is E. R. Braithwaite former
Royal Air Force pilot, Cambridge graduate, schoolteacher, social
worker, diplomat, and bestselling author and he has triumphed over
prejudice and hatred throughout his truly extraordinary life and
multifaceted career.
Against the backdrop of a short railway commute, E. R. Braithwaite
powerfully recounts a personal history of remarkable
accomplishments in the face of bigotry and hatred. Part memoir,
part treatise on racial intolerance and oppression, and the
ignorance that engenders them, "Reluctant Neighbors" is the
unforgettable story of one man s continuous struggle against
injustice and his unwavering dedication to the pursuit of human
dignity."
Acclaimed author E. R. Braithwaite ("To Sir, With Love") chronicles
the brutality, oppression, and courage he witnessed as a black man
granted Honorary White status during a six-week visit to apartheid
South Africa
As a black man living in a white-dominated world, author E. R.
Braithwaite was painfully aware of the multitude of injustices
suffered by people of color and he wrote powerfully and poignantly
about racial discrimination in his acclaimed novels and nonfiction
works. So it came as a complete surprise when, in 1973, the
longstanding ban on his books was lifted by the South African
government, a ruling body of minority whites that brutally
oppressed the black majority through apartheid laws. Applying for a
visa and secretly hoping to be refused he was granted the official
status of Honorary White for the length of his stay. As such,
Braithwaite would be afforded some of the freedoms that South
Africa s black population was denied, yet would nonetheless be
considered inferior by the white establishment.
With "Honorary White," Braithwaite bears witness to a dark and
troubling time, relating with grave honesty and power the shocking
abuses, inequities, and horrors he observed and experienced
firsthand during his six-week stay in a criminal nation. His book
is a personal testament to the savagery of apartheid and to the
courage of those who refused to be broken by it."
From the bestselling author of To Sir, With Love comes
the moving personal memoir of a westernized black man who journeys
to Africa in search of his roots and discovers a vibrant and
extraordinary society on the verge of monumental change In the
early 1960s acclaimed British Guianese author E. R. Braithwaite
embarked on a pilgrimage to the West African countries of Ghana,
Guinea, Liberia, and across Sierra Leone just as the emerging
nation was preparing to declare its independence. What Braithwaite
discovered was a world vastly different from the staid, firmly
established British society in which he had spent most of his life.
In a place as foreign to him as the dark side of the moon, he was
overcome by colorful sights, sounds, and smells that vividly
reawakened lost memories from his childhood. Entering the intimate
circles of the local intelligentsia, Braithwaite was able to view
these newly evolving African societies from the inside, struck by
their mixtures of passion and naïveté, their political obsessions
and technological indifference. The author discovered a world that
fascinated, excited, and, in some cases, deeply troubled him—and
in the process he discovered himself. E. R. Braithwaite’s A
Kind of Homecoming is at once an enthralling personal journey
and an eye-opening chronicle of a time of great change on the
African continent that helps us to better understand the West
Africa of today.
E. R. Braithwaite, the acclaimed author of "To Sir, With Love,"
poignantly recounts his time as a social worker dedicated to London
s abandoned minority children
Despite his Cambridge education and a sterling record with the
British Royal Air Force during World War II, E. R. Braithwaite, a
black man, was unable to find employment as an engineer in post-war
London. Instead he accepted a position as a teacher in a tough East
End school and wrote of his experiences in his classic bestseller
"To Sir, With Love." Nine years later, Braithwaite once again found
himself assuming an unfamiliar professional role as a social worker
charged with finding homes for London s orphaned, abused, or
abandoned coloured children. While he lacked formal training,
Braithwaite possessed qualities essential for the job: compassion,
determination, and a deep, abiding understanding and love for the
helpless, lost, and disregarded.
In "Paid Servant," E. R. Braithwaite shares his experiences in
London s Department of Child Welfare, focusing on the case of his
four-year-old client Roddy, a bright, handsome mulatto boy who was
rejected for adoption by both black and white families because he
was not their own kind. Everywhere he turned, Braithwaite
encountered racial prejudice. But he was willing to fight for what
he believed in, and he believed in Roddy. Writing with great power,
warmth, and a deep belief in human dignity and worth, Braithwaite
offers a heartbreaking yet hopeful look into a society s attempt to
care for its youngest, most vulnerable citizens."
A little girl and an extraordinary teddy bear share the secrets of
a wondrous, sometimes puzzling world in this charming children s
tale that celebrates diversity, from the acclaimed author of the
schoolroom classic "To Sir, With Love"
Lisbeth has a new best friend, her toy bear, Billingsly, who has
one perfectly formed ear that is ideal for hearing what goes on in
the world around him. But with his left ear, which is misshapen, he
listens to Lisbeth alone. When she speaks into Billingsly s
crinkled ear, Billingsly speaks back, though he ll talk to no one
but Lisbeth because adults would never listen to him the way she
does, and other children tend to shun him because he is different.
When Lisbeth is in school, Billingsly enjoys adventures from his
perch on the windowsill in her bedroom with animals roaming the
outside world and magical creatures like the Tooth Fairy and the
other bear in the mirror. But his greatest adventures take place
when he is in Lisbeth s arms, for nothing is more magical than a
little girl s love.
Filled with wit and wonder, "Billingsly" is the tale of an
extraordinary friendship that is sure to enchant children of all
ages, and adults who are young at heart."
In London, racial hatred leads to a mugging, a murder, and a
mystery in a powerful novel of intolerance, loss, and
self-discovery by the bestselling author of To Sir, With Love
Identical twins Jack and Dave Bennett enjoy nothing better than a
rowdy night out in London—listening to hot jazz, hoisting a few
pints, flirting with girls . . . and then finishing off the evening
by roughing up a stranger. But one night they ambush the wrong
victim, a young black man who fights back. Suddenly bottles break
and a knife is drawn, and when it’s over, Jack stumbles home
alone—only to awaken the next morning to discover his brother’s
bed empty and policemen at the door. The police are investigating a
fatal car accident that left two people dead, their bodies burned
beyond recognition. One of the dead was apparently the car’s
owner, a young black doctor, but the only clue to the second
corpse’s identity is a knife engraved with Dave Bennett’s name
and address. And no words are spoken of a man found slain in an
alley on the other side of town. With his life brutally upended,
Jack finds that his search for answers is drawing him closer to the
dead doctor’s beautiful sister, Michelle, and causing him to
question everything he’s ever believed about race, justice,
family, and the violent urban world around him.
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