WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CARYL PHILLIPSIn 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 & left to govern a class of unruly teenagers With no experience or guidance Braithwaite attempts to instill discipline confound prejudice & ultimately to teach