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The guidance I've always seen is that the black bar is added "when someone important to the HN community dies". And I agree with the commenter you're replying
by elliekelly 7y ago
The guidance I've always seen is that the black bar is added "when someone important to the HN community dies". And I agree with the commenter you're replying to, Katherine Johnson and her work certainly qualify as important to the HN community.