Books by E. R. Braithwaite

MR. BRAITHWAITE, THE NEW TEACHER. HE BEHAVED VERY DIFFERENTLY WITH THE STUDENTS IN HIS CLASS. HE MADE THEM LOOK DOWN SHAMEFULLY, REALIZING THEIR MISTAKES. HE FOUGHT WITH THEM, SOMETIMES HE ALSO WRESTLED WITH THEM. SLOWLY, YET STEADILY HE BROUGHT THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE INTO THEIR LIVES AND LATER ON STARTED LOVING THEM, IMMENSELY. HIS STUDENTS WHO WERE FAMOUS FOR THEIR HOODLUMS, WHO WERE VERY SHAMELESS, STARTED RESPECTING HIM, CALLING HIM `SIR`. HE WAS THE ONE WHO TAUGHT THEM TO CALL THE GIRLS RESPECTFULLY WITH A `MISS`. HE TAUGHT THEM PERSONAL HYGIENE AND HE SAT WITH THEM TO READ SHAKESPEARE. HE WAS A TEACHER WITH SOME DEFINITE AIM, A TARGET. HE CHANGED THE HATRED, ANGER AND CONTEMPT INTO LOVE. HE TRANSFORMED THE REVOLUTIONARY NATURE OF THESE TEENAGERS INTO CONFIDENT MINDS. HE OPENED THE WAYS TO THINK ABOUT OTHERS, FROM OTHER`S POINT OF VIEWS. THIS WAS HIS SUCCESS, OF A TEACHER, OF HIS FERVOR, OF HIS EARNESTNESS TOWARDS HIS STUDENTS AND OF `THEIR` LOVE.

E. R. Braithwaite, the acclaimed author ofTo Sir, With Love, poignantly recounts his time as a social worker dedicated to London's abandoned minority childrenDespite 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 bestsellerTo 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.InPaid 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.

The acclaimed author ofTo Sir, With Loverecalls his lifelong struggle against ignorance and racism while sharing a train ride with a bigoted white neighborOn 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. Braithwaiteformer Royal Air Force pilot, Cambridge graduate, schoolteacher, social worker, diplomat, and bestselling authorand 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 Neighborsis 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 AfricaAs 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 visaand secretly hoping to be refusedhe 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.WithHonorary 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.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CARYL PHILLIPSIn 1945, Rick Braithwaite, a smart, highly educated ex-RAF pilot, looks for a job in British engineering. In desperation he turns to teaching, taking a job in a tough East End school, and left to govern a class of unruly teenagers.

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.