Rep. Veronica Escobar@RepEscobar"These remarkable black men and women never received obituaries in The New York Times — until now. We’re adding their stories to our project about prominent people whose deaths were not reported by the newspaper." #blackhistorymonthnytimes.comFor Black History Month, Remarkable Women and Men We Overlooked Since 1851 (Published 2019)The ragtime master Scott Joplin and the blues singer Gladys Bentley are among many black men and women whose deaths The New York Times overlooked — until now.6:33 PM · Feb 4, 201917 Retweets23 Likes