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Events on Friday 3 May 1946 1
1946Speaks out at Lincoln UniversityRacism is a disease of white peopleEinstein travelled to the historically Black university in Pennsylvania to receive an honorary degree and lecture on relativity, calling segregation a disease he did not intend to be quiet about. He had joined the NAACP and corresponded with W. E. B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson. American newspapers barely covered the visit.