Oseola McCarty (1908-1999) was born in Shubuta, Mississippi. She was a black woman who made her living doing laundry. She was paid mostly in dollar bills. She never had a driver’s license. She was noted for her frugality. When she was eight years old she opened a savings account in a local bank.
She probably couldn’t spell the word “philanthropy,” but she set up an account to give financial aid to poor students at the University of Southern Mississippi. That was a college that up until the Sixties was whites only. The amount she donated was $150,000, although when other people heard about what she had done, they added funds to the account. Harvard gave her an honorary degree, and President Clinton honored her with a Presidential Citizens Medal.
Oh, and Elon Musk. Fuck Elon Musk.
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