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Einstein on Race and Racism /

Nearly fifty years after his death, Albert Einstein remains one of America's foremost cultural icons. A thicket of materials, ranging from scholarly to popular, have been written, compiled, produced, and published about his life and his teachings. Among the ocean of Einsteinia-scientific monogr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jerome, Fred
Otros Autores: Taylor, Rodger, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Einstein and Robeson on Witherspoon Street
  • 1. Escape from Berlin
  • 2. "Paradise"
  • 3. The other Princeton
  • 4. Witherspoon Street
  • 5. Einstein and Robeson, I
  • 6. "Wall of fame"
  • 7. The home front
  • 8. Civil rights activist
  • 9. From World War to Cold War
  • 10. Einstein and Robeson, II
  • 11. "My friend, Doctor Einstein"
  • pt. II. Documents
  • 1. Einstein's statements on race and racism
  • A. "To American Negroes," The Crisis, February 1932
  • B. Address at the inauguration of the "Wall of fame" at the World's Fair in New York, 1940
  • C. "The Negro Question," Pageant, January 1946
  • D. Speech to Lincoln University [Pennsylvania] students and faculty, May 3, 1946
  • E. Letter to President Harry S. Truman on antilynching law, September 1946
  • F. Message to the National Urban League, September 16, 1946
  • G. On Walter White, October 1947
  • H. Interview with the Cheney Record, October 1948
  • I. Message to the Southwide Conference on discrimination in higher education, sponsored by the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF), Atlanta University, 1950
  • J. Interview with Peter A. Bucky
  • K. Correspondence from W.E.B. Du Bois, 1951
  • 2. From Einstein's FBI file : on civil rights.