How did Albert Einstein support the civil rights movement?

 

In the last two decades of his life, Einstein became an advocate of many causes outside of physics. He had been an anti-war activist but upon moving to the U.S. and accepting U.S. citizenship, he also opposed American racism. He saw that the society was strictly divided based on colour and race. There were separate schools and movie theatres for blacks and whites. In 1946, the United States saw a wave of anti-black violence.

African-American veterans of World War II were attacked and killed. Einstein spoke out against these atrocities. However, there is little public record of his efforts as major news outlets often ignored his speeches and writings on civil rights.

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