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
For context, an online inflation calculator (others are available, some more official, but many don't claim to go earlier than 1913) says $1000 in 1903 is roughly $35,000 today. Racism pays.
