To Sir With Love

To Sir With Love

A BBC Between the Covers Big Jubilee Read Pick

Summary

**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

Reviews

  • A book that the reader devours quickly, ponders slowly, and forgets not at all-Moving and inspiring
    New York Times

About the author

E. R. Braithwaite

E. R. Braithwaite was born 1922 in British Guiana and educated in British Guiana and the United States. He served in the R. A. F. His publications include To Sir with Love: Experiences While Teaching in a London School (1959); Paid Servant: A Report about Welfare Work in London (1962); A Kind of Home-Coming: A Visit to Africa (1963); A Choice of Straws (1965).
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