J. Herman Blake
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J. Herman Blake is an American sociologist and educator best known for co-authoring the autobiography "Revolutionary Suicide" with Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton.
All labels observed (1)
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| J. Herman Blake canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10894495 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Herman Blake Context triple: [Revolutionary Suicide, coAuthor, J. Herman Blake]
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Louis W. Hill
Louis W. Hill was an American railroad executive and businessman who helped expand and promote the Great Northern Railway and tourism in the northwestern United States.
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B.
Jesse E. Moorland
Jesse E. Moorland was an African American minister, educator, and philanthropist whose extensive collection of books and documents on Black history helped form the foundation of Howard University’s Moorland–Spingarn Research Center.
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C.
Thomas Bullock
Thomas Bullock was a 19th-century Latter-day Saint clerk and historian known for meticulously recording key sermons and events in early Mormon history.
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D.
Charles B. Mulvehill
Charles B. Mulvehill was a film producer best known for his work on the cult classic dark comedy "Harold and Maude."
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E.
William Brinkley
William Brinkley was an American novelist and journalist best known for his satirical World War II naval novel "Don't Go Near the Water" and the post-apocalyptic submarine thriller "The Last Ship."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Herman Blake Target entity description: J. Herman Blake is an American sociologist and educator best known for co-authoring the autobiography "Revolutionary Suicide" with Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton.
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A.
Louis W. Hill
Louis W. Hill was an American railroad executive and businessman who helped expand and promote the Great Northern Railway and tourism in the northwestern United States.
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B.
Jesse E. Moorland
Jesse E. Moorland was an African American minister, educator, and philanthropist whose extensive collection of books and documents on Black history helped form the foundation of Howard University’s Moorland–Spingarn Research Center.
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C.
Thomas Bullock
Thomas Bullock was a 19th-century Latter-day Saint clerk and historian known for meticulously recording key sermons and events in early Mormon history.
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D.
Charles B. Mulvehill
Charles B. Mulvehill was a film producer best known for his work on the cult classic dark comedy "Harold and Maude."
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E.
William Brinkley
William Brinkley was an American novelist and journalist best known for his satirical World War II naval novel "Don't Go Near the Water" and the post-apocalyptic submarine thriller "The Last Ship."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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autobiography ⓘ book ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| author | Huey P. Newton ⓘ |
| coAuthor | J. Herman Blake ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | Revolutionary Suicide ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith | Huey P. Newton ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
New York University
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University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer |
Indiana University
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Oregon State University ⓘ Tougaloo College ⓘ University of California, Santa Cruz ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
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linked to:
Black Americans
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| familyName | Blake ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African American studies
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sociology ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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political autobiography ⓘ |
| givenName | J. Herman ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
African American communities
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linked to:
Black Americans
higher education access ⓘ race and ethnicity ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Black Panther Party
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Huey P. Newton ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-authoring the autobiography of Huey P. Newton
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leadership in higher education ⓘ |
| notableWork | Revolutionary Suicide ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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educator ⓘ sociologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
executive director of the Office of Institutional Diversity at Oregon State University
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founding provost of Oakes College, University of California, Santa Cruz ⓘ president of Tougaloo College ⓘ vice chancellor for undergraduate affairs at Indiana University Bloomington ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographical entries in African American reference works ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: J. Herman Blake Description of subject: J. Herman Blake is an American sociologist and educator best known for co-authoring the autobiography "Revolutionary Suicide" with Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton.
Referenced by (2)
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J. Herman Blake