What is E. R. Braithwaite?
[[File:ERBraithwaite (cropped).jpg|thumb|E. R. Braithwaite photo taken by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1962]] '''Edward Ricardo Braithwaite''' (June 27, 1912 &ndash; December 12, 2016) was a [[Guyana|Guyanese]] novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat. He is best known for his stories of social [[condition]]s and [[racial discrimination]] against [[Black (people)|black people]]. He is the author of the 1959 [[autobiographical novel]] [[To Sir, With Love (novel)|''To Sir, With Love'']] which was made into a 1967 movie, ''[[To Sir, with Love]]'', starring [[Sidney Poitier]]. E. R. Braithwaite hated the movie, particularly because his novel's interracial relationships and [[racial issue]]s were not included in the movie's [[screenplay]], although the [[royalties]] from the movie made him [[wealth|wealthy]]. Braithwaite was born in [[Georgetown, Guyana]].<ref>Manchester, CT, Community College News Archive, February 3, 200.6</ref> He died on December 12, 2016 at a hospital in [[Rockville, Maryland]] from complications of a [[heart attack]] at the age of 104. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.mcc.commnet.edu/newsView.php?newsID=40 Manchester Community College News Item on E. R. Braithwaite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616030502/http://www.mcc.commnet.edu/newsView.php?newsID=40 |date=2010-06-16 }} *[http://www.londonfictions.com/er-braithwaite-to-sir-with-love.html Susie Thomas's article on the London Fictions site about ''To Sir, with Love''] *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern/literature_04.shtml Onyekachi Wambu (1998), Black British Literature since Windrush. BBC] * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dztrb BBC 7 listing for 17/18 Oct 2008] * [http://www.mcc.commnet.edu/newsView.php?newsID=40 Manchester, CT, Community College News Archive (February 3, 2006), Dr. Edward R. Braithwaite author of “To Sir, With Love” Named Visiting Professor at MCC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616030502/http://www.mcc.commnet.edu/newsView.php?newsID=40 |date=Ju