Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Guyana Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A wartime RAF pilot who could not find engineering work in Britain because of racism, became a teacher in the East End of London, and wrote about it.
To Sir, With Love (1959) was filmed with Sidney Poitier. Braithwaite later served as Guyana's ambassador to the United Nations and to Venezuela.
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