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
During the Dreyfus Affair, the 1st big domino to fall was Hubert Henry, who was caught red handed forging evidence, arrested, and committed suicide in his jail cell
In response, the right-wing media set up a fundraiser for his widow, where donors could put a message in the newspaper, and, well:
