The Responsibility of the American Negro
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"The Responsibility of the American Negro" is an 1860s-era essay by African American minister and intellectual Alexander Crummell that urges Black Americans to pursue moral uplift, education, and leadership in the struggle for racial progress.
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| The Responsibility of the American Negro canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22541746 — 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: The Responsibility of the American Negro Context triple: [Alexander Crummell, notableWork, The Responsibility of the American Negro]
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A.
The Future of the American Negro
"The Future of the American Negro" is an 1899 book by Booker T. Washington in which he outlines his views on African American progress through industrial education, self-help, and economic advancement in the post–Civil War United States.
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B.
I Am the American Negro
I Am the American Negro is a 1960s-era nonfiction book by African American poet and journalist Frank Marshall Davis that examines Black identity, history, and the struggle against racism in the United States.
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C.
The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk is a seminal 1903 collection of essays by W. E. B. Du Bois that explores African American life after the Civil War and famously introduces the concepts of "double consciousness" and "the veil."
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D.
The Story of the Negro
The Story of the Negro is a historical survey book by Arna Bontemps that traces the experiences, struggles, and contributions of African Americans from slavery through the early 20th century.
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E.
The Mis-Education of the Negro
The Mis-Education of the Negro is a seminal 1933 book by historian Carter G. Woodson that critiques how systemic miseducation undermines Black self-understanding and empowerment in the United States.
- 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: The Responsibility of the American Negro Target entity description: "The Responsibility of the American Negro" is an 1860s-era essay by African American minister and intellectual Alexander Crummell that urges Black Americans to pursue moral uplift, education, and leadership in the struggle for racial progress.
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A.
The Future of the American Negro
"The Future of the American Negro" is an 1899 book by Booker T. Washington in which he outlines his views on African American progress through industrial education, self-help, and economic advancement in the post–Civil War United States.
-
B.
I Am the American Negro
I Am the American Negro is a 1960s-era nonfiction book by African American poet and journalist Frank Marshall Davis that examines Black identity, history, and the struggle against racism in the United States.
-
C.
The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk is a seminal 1903 collection of essays by W. E. B. Du Bois that explores African American life after the Civil War and famously introduces the concepts of "double consciousness" and "the veil."
-
D.
The Story of the Negro
The Story of the Negro is a historical survey book by Arna Bontemps that traces the experiences, struggles, and contributions of African Americans from slavery through the early 20th century.
-
E.
The Mis-Education of the Negro
The Mis-Education of the Negro is a seminal 1933 book by historian Carter G. Woodson that critiques how systemic miseducation undermines Black self-understanding and empowerment in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
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