Einstein at Lincoln University

There is a 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.

An excerpt from Einstein's ten-minute speech based on the report in the Baltimore Afro-American of May 11, 1946. The article written by J.W. Woods is cited in Einstein on Race and Racism by Fred Jerome and Rodger Taylor.

Although Einstein routinely turned down honorary degrees and requests to speak at universities in May (1946) he came to the traditionally black Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. There, he received an honorary degree, spoke about racism, and then gave a lecture on relativity. The media, which generally covered his every move, skipped the event.

from Albert Einstein: The Miracle Mind by Tabatha Yeatts