The Singer and the Scientist

True or False? I'm not quite sure what I feel about this book. I'm wondering at the historical accuracy of parts of it, specifically the details of how the singer Marian Anderson was treated after she sang to the all-white audience. Did people in the lobby really snub and ignore her, or was that exaggerated to prove a point? I'm also not entirely comfortable equating racism in America with what the Nazis did to Jews in Germany (and other places) during World War II. The author makes the atrocity there sound far lighter than it was by simply referring to it as making Albert Einstein feel like “an outsider” in his own country. Nazis went much further than that! Racism and ethnic genocide are terrible things that should not exist in this world, but it is too easy to go too far by painting a group of individuals, like the concert audience, as completely villainous... if it is not true. So, I'm hoping that the author is truthful in what she stated happened that night. If not, she does an injustice to history and our contemporary problems. Let's be sure to be honest with each other as we fight the good fight, not demonizing groups of people with one broad stroke… unless it is true. I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.