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Today in there’s nothing new under the sun: In 1903 a white hotel worker became a right wing celebrity for being fired after refusing to make booker t washington’s bed because he was black and a bunch of people around the country raised thousands of dollars on her behalf
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Do you happen to have a citation or link to a news story at hand? I'd love to incorporate that into a lecture.
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Her name is Louise Hadley, if you have access to a database it will be easy to find
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If this is true the historical resonance of the story as a model for modern grifting is even stronger
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I found dozens and dozens of articles about the supposed incident from May of 1903, but this is the only one I've found so far that suggested it was a hoax.
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from a footnote in the BTW papers, v 7, p 175
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I am wondering what position was "much more menial" than a chambermaid. Dishwasher?
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