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Professor Albert Einstein Awarded Doctor’s Degree by Lincoln University

May 6, 1946
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A doctorate has been awarded to Professor Albert Einstein by Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania, “for services to humanity.”

In accepting the honor, Professor Einstein said he believed there was a great future ahead for Negroes and urged the students at the University to “work long and hard and with lasting patience.”

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