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

Ballot Access News ^ | September 9,2020 | Richard Winger

[TBP]

On September 7, the New York Times ran an obituary 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.

[TBP]

Way to go, New York Times. Way to stay on top of things!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/obituaries/charlotta-bass-vice-president-overlooked.html?smid=em-share

[5th MEB]

And I should give a sh!t, WHY?

[scrabblehack]

My hometown paper was the county paper of record. Anyone who died in the county got 5 lines for free. Anything more and someone had to pay. As far as I know this was usually done through the funeral home, but the family could do it directly.

[TBP]

They ran it 51 years late, and they want to be taken seriously as the paper of record. It’s yet another embarrassment for the Grey Lady.

[alexander_busek]

And I should give a sh!t, WHY?

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 [...]

I'm guessing that the NYT thinks that that is why it's newsworthy.

Incidentally, didn't the Progressive Party garner a grand total of only 0.23% of the popular vote that year?

Regards,

[Wuli]

The times is “bending the knee” to BLM, in print.

The obituary was likely not printed in 1969, because the Progressive Party was so insignificant that the woman’s death was not considered significant news.

Now she is significant, because she was black.

Pravda on the Hudson is doing penance for past political incorrectness.

[Fedora]

In 1947, Charlotta Bass was active in the Citizens Committee to Elect Elsie Monjar - Elsie Monjar was a Communist Party USA candidate for Los Angeles City Council. . .On April 28, 1966 Charlotta Bass was a sponsor of the Herbert Aptheker Testimonial Dinner. The dinner was held on the occasion of Herbert Aptheker's 50th birthday, the publication of his 20th book, and the 2nd anniversary of the American Institute for Marxist Studies. It was held in the Sutton Ballroom, The New York Hilton, Avenue of the Americas, 53rd to 54th Street, New York City. Most speakers, organizers and sponsors were known members or supporters of the Communist Party USA. . .: Charlotta Bass