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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Rutgers University Press; New edition edition (July 25, 2006)
This book is a timely, fascinating and important read about the common ground between Albert Einstein and members of the African American community of Princeton, NJ in the 40's. This book should be a requirement in every public library and recommended reading in many college & high school history curriculums. The example of fearlessness of Einstein, Robeson, DuBois and others in their activism against racism in America and abroad is one that needs to be emulated in today's society... if change is to come. The authors, Jerome and Taylor have produced and excellent literary work.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
I never would have thought of the genius Albert Einstein to be concerned about race, but apparently he was, as Jerome and Taylor have carefully documented. I'm glad to know that the great cultural icon, Einstein, was more than a mathematician and physicist, he was a concerned citizen of the world. Perhaps we all can examine ourselves closer as we explore our views on race and racism in our society today. This book could be an excellent teaching tool for an honors or AP course in history for high school students, or for a political science course in college.
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This book presents a revealing, fascinating and compelling side of Albert Einstein relative to the Black community. The story is totally unknown and undocumented anywhere else. It provides an example of how racism is treated in our society. Denial of the existence of racism and overlooking the impact of the problem will never lead to a appropriate way to address, and certainly not solve the reprecussions suffered because of racism.It is an impotant work that should awaken a sleeping society.
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Although I've recently begun reading this publication, I find it quite refreshing to discover that the late great Albert Einstein, grandfather of the Theory of Relativity had a social conscious. It's no surprise that his activist side is dramatically played down however sad. If this fact were wider known it would have had huge implications on race relations in the US and abroad. God bless the legacy of Albert Einstein! I've gained a whole new respect for him as a person, icon and scientist. Additionally, this book exposes the poisonous side of the Ivy League pedigree of Princeton University...an historical perspective of it's inception and how the Black presence played a paramount role.
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After hearing the author, Fred Jerome, on the radio, I was mesmerized to learn of Albert Einstein's close ties with Paul Robeson, W.E.B. DuBois and his relationship with the Black community. He went out of his way to know the Black people in segregated Princeton (Yes! Princeton, New Jersey was as segregated as any state in Dixie!) Einstein said he felt at home in that part of town and published articles and openly criticized the racist policies prevalent in the United States towards people of color. Yes, he really was a very intelligent man. His theory of relativity is only a small part of who he was. Everyone should read this book!!!!
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This volume is a tremendous piece of writing on a subject little known to the general public. It's an important contribution that adds to Einstein's genious, his humanity, his sense of justice for all people living in the narrow straits of prejudice.
It's authors have done a permanent service for both Paul Robeson and Einstein, Princton's African American community and the history of a period probably hidden from view on purpose.
Einstein on Race and Racisn by Jeerome and Taylor should be required reading for high school, college and the general public. It's just that important.
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Reading this, I certainly discovered a great deal about the history of Princeton (the town and the university), J. Edgar Hoover (scary guy), and Albert Einstein (a true giant as both scientist and human being). I can't understand why the *Publishers Weekly* review was so snarky, in fact, implying that Einstein was an unconscious bigot. That is not the picture that emerges in this quite well-documented presentation. The book definitely contributes to our knowledge of the best-known thinker of our times, a man prevented from working on the Manhattan Project because of his liberal views.
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I've always personally felt Einstein to be a genius and much more than popular thought gave him credit for as an individual (being a fellow "gifted introvert" myself). I have this quote of his which I love and which is my favorite quote of all time:"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds". Now I know what he was talking about (WINK). On a more serious note-this book is good because history is always taught from such a narrow perspective- like what is in the history books about Nazi Germany or the Civil Rights Movement. The same information recycled over and over again like some conspiracy of silence- not inspiring us or truly enlightening us (which is the purpose of REAL education). The pages of this book offers a miraculously fresh perspective to history- bringing it to life and showing it to be more nuanced and complicated. EVERYONE is implicated.The so-called "black experience" is central to our understanding of the world and permeates every aspect of social organisation as we understand it today. People who enjoy miraculously new perspectives might like to read: The African Presence in Early Asia/ Early Europe by Ivan Van Sertima, Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation by John Hobson and The Destruction of Black Civilisation by Chancellor Williams.
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