Albert Einstein: Champion of Racial Justice

Drawing by Austin Romanaux

We hope you’ll learn more about Albert Einstein’s advocacy for and friendships with African Americans in Princeton and across the country. This is one aspect of the great man’s life that will be found in the introductory gallery of the Princeton Einstein Museum of Science before guests explore his world-changing scientific discoveries.

The museum is expected to open in 2027. Look for annual pop-up exhibits such as this in the meantime, and don’t forget to donate at the bottom of the page. Information resources used to create the exhibit are found below. Questions? Contact us.

“Thank you for displaying ‘Albert Einstein: Champion of Racial Justice’ at the Montgomery Library. It has very interesting, educational information and was well received by our library visitors.” Sangeetha Ramaiah, Somerset County Library System of New Jersey

“The exhibit is hung and it is so powerful. I am sure it will be appreciated by our residents.” Doodie Meyer, Meadow Lakes, East Windsor, New Jersey

Tour Schedule

2023

June 15-August 1

Princeton Public Library
65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ

September 2-28

West Windsor Public Library
333 North Post Road, Princeton Junction, NJ

November 19-December 20

Princeton Jewish Center
435 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ

2024

January 2-27

Plainsboro Public Library
9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, NJ

February

New Jersey Historical Society
52 Park Place, Newark, NJ

March

Montgomery Public Library
100 Community Drive, Skillman, NJ

April 1 -June 30

Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County
310 Mounts Corner Drive, Freehold, NJ

July

Mercer County Library System, Lawrence Branch
2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Twnsp, NJ

August

Main Building, Meadow Lakes Senior Living
300 Meadow Lakes, East Windsor, NJ

Sept 13 - Oct 27

Cranbury Museum
4 Park Place East, Cranbury, NJ

2025

February

Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
Madison, NJ

Exhibit Information
Exhibit Partner

The Witherspoon Jackson Historical and Cultural Society, Princeton, NJ

Exhibit Designers

Julian Edgren, Jonn McCollum, Elizabeth Romanaux, Shirley Satterfield

Exhibit Sponsor

The McCutchen Foundation

Resources to Learn More

Books

Einstein on Race and Racism

By F. Jerome and R. Taylor, Rutgers University Press, 2006

Einstein: His Life and Universe

By Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, 2007

Wesbites

Imagination embraces
the entire universe.

Albert Einstein