sit-in movement
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The sit-in movement was a key nonviolent protest campaign during the U.S. Civil Rights era in which primarily Black students and activists occupied segregated lunch counters and public spaces to challenge racial segregation and discrimination.
All labels observed (1)
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| sit-in movement canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16538751 — 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: sit-in movement Context triple: [Greensboro sit-ins, movement, sit-in movement]
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Civil Disobedience Movement
The Civil Disobedience Movement was a major Indian nationalist campaign in the early 1930s, led by Mahatma Gandhi, that used mass nonviolent resistance—most famously the Salt March—to challenge British colonial rule.
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Red Shirt Movement
The Red Shirt Movement was a non-violent, Pashtun-led anti-colonial movement in British India, founded by Abdul Ghaffar Khan, that campaigned for social reform and independence alongside the Indian National Congress.
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C.
Let My People Go movement
The Let My People Go movement was a global campaign, especially active among Jews in the West, advocating for the right of Soviet Jews to emigrate and practice their religion freely during the Cold War.
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March on Washington Movement
The March on Washington Movement was a 1941–1946 Black civil rights campaign, led by A. Philip Randolph, that used the threat of mass protest to pressure the U.S. government into addressing racial discrimination in defense industries and the military.
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E.
Six-Point Movement
The Six-Point Movement was a 1960s political campaign in East Pakistan demanding greater autonomy and federal restructuring, which became a cornerstone of Bengali nationalism and the struggle that led to the creation of Bangladesh.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sit-in movement Target entity description: The sit-in movement was a key nonviolent protest campaign during the U.S. Civil Rights era in which primarily Black students and activists occupied segregated lunch counters and public spaces to challenge racial segregation and discrimination.
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A.
Civil Disobedience Movement
The Civil Disobedience Movement was a major Indian nationalist campaign in the early 1930s, led by Mahatma Gandhi, that used mass nonviolent resistance—most famously the Salt March—to challenge British colonial rule.
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B.
Red Shirt Movement
The Red Shirt Movement was a non-violent, Pashtun-led anti-colonial movement in British India, founded by Abdul Ghaffar Khan, that campaigned for social reform and independence alongside the Indian National Congress.
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C.
Let My People Go movement
The Let My People Go movement was a global campaign, especially active among Jews in the West, advocating for the right of Soviet Jews to emigrate and practice their religion freely during the Cold War.
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D.
March on Washington Movement
The March on Washington Movement was a 1941–1946 Black civil rights campaign, led by A. Philip Randolph, that used the threat of mass protest to pressure the U.S. government into addressing racial discrimination in defense industries and the military.
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E.
Six-Point Movement
The Six-Point Movement was a 1960s political campaign in East Pakistan demanding greater autonomy and federal restructuring, which became a cornerstone of Bengali nationalism and the struggle that led to the creation of Bangladesh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Greensboro sit-ins