Albert Einstein giving a lecture on relativity in 1946 (after the war, before the civil rights movement). His peers criticized this appearance. The press purposefully didn't cover it. He simply wanted to inspire young minds with the beauty and power of science.
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From a Reddit post on this photo:"His experience with Nazi Germany and anti-semitism definitely informed his worldview on racism.
Some of the best takeaways from that article:
- He joined Theodore Dreiser to protest the Scottsboro Boys trial (which led to Henry Ford publishing libelous essays about him written by literal Nazi's)
- He accepted an invite from W.E.B Du Bois to publish a piece where he praised the civil rights effort, urging African-Americans "not to let racists drag down their self-worth"
- He gave a speech at Lincoln University in 1946 saying, "There is separation of colored people from white people in the United States...That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it.”
- He was placed under FBI surveillance by J. Edgar Hoover (as with all civil rights activists of course)"
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Some of the best takeaways from that article:
- He joined Theodore Dreiser to protest the Scottsboro Boys trial (which led to Henry Ford publishing libelous essays about him written by literal Nazi's)
- He accepted an invite from W.E.B Du Bois to publish a piece where he praised the civil rights effort, urging African-Americans "not to let racists drag down their self-worth"
- He gave a speech at Lincoln University in 1946 saying, "There is separation of colored people from white people in the United States...That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it.”
- He was placed under FBI surveillance by J. Edgar Hoover (as with all civil rights activists of course)"