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1. Aaron Gibson (afrogeek@squeet.me)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Sep-2020 12:42:23 EDT Aaron Gibson

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   New York Times Runs Very Belated Obituary of Charlotta Bass, Progressive Party Vice-Presidential Nominee in 1952

   On September 7, the New York Times ran an obituary https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/obituaries/charlotta-bass-vice-president-overlooked.html?smid=em-share for Charlotta Bass, who was the Progressive Party’s vice-presidential nominee in 1952, and the first African-American woman to be on the ballot anywhere for vice-president. The New York Times has recently been running belated obituaries for people who did not get a Times obituary when they died, but the newspaper now believes that they should have had such obituaries.
   
   Bass died April 12, 1969. Thanks to Irv Sutley for the link.
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 10-Sep-2020 12:49:56 EDT lnxw48a1

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      @musicman @afrogeek She died 51 years ago.
      
      They're trying to make up for 150 years of racism, so they'll be publishing belated obituaries for a long time.
      1. musicman (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 10-Sep-2020 16:56:43 EDT musicman

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         not clear from "The New York Times has recently been running belated obituaries for people who did not get a Times obituary when they died, but the newspaper now believes that they should have had such obituaries." that obituaries are limited to race.
         1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 10-Sep-2020 19:56:24 EDT lnxw48a1

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            @musicman You’re right. While I’m sure that race and sex were major factors in their decision in that particular case (and many others since the 1800s), they do not specifically mention either factor in their belated obituary series description.
            1. musicman (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 11-Sep-2020 14:22:36 EDT musicman

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               decided to take a look. An example: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/obituaries/karl-heinrich-ulrichs-overlooked.html
               
               At the time, I had been thinking of someone like Louis Lingg.