I was fired from a job in 1961 because I told a Black girl, who I had previously worked with at an insurance company, that the firm I was working for was hiring. She came in to apply for the job and when they found out it was me who told her about it they promptly got rid of me. This was long before EEOC and there was no reason for them to be afraid. I guess they didn't want to work with someone who didn't think that working with Black people was a bad thing.
Wow! Things change...