The Scottsboro Boys (musical)
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The Scottsboro Boys is a 2010 Broadway musical by John Kander and Fred Ebb that uses a minstrel-show framework to dramatize the infamous 1930s Scottsboro rape trials and critique American racism and injustice.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Scottsboro Boys (musical) Context triple: [Susan Stroman, notableWork, The Scottsboro Boys (musical)]
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Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
"Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys" is a 1976 television docudrama that dramatizes the infamous Scottsboro Boys trials and the moral courage of Judge James Horton in Depression-era Alabama.
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Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy is a documentary film that examines the infamous Scottsboro Boys case, in which nine Black teenagers were falsely accused of raping two white women in 1930s Alabama, highlighting its profound impact on American justice and civil rights.
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Selma (musical)
Selma is a stage musical adaptation of the events surrounding the 1965 Selma civil rights marches, dramatizing the struggle for voting rights in the American South.
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Porgy
Porgy is the disabled but resilient beggar protagonist of George Gershwin’s folk opera "Porgy and Bess," known for his deep humanity and enduring love for Bess.
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The Ballad of Birmingham
The Ballad of Birmingham is a powerful civil rights-era poem by Dudley Randall that mournfully recounts the 1963 bombing of a Black church in Birmingham, Alabama.
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- 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: The Scottsboro Boys (musical) Target entity description: The Scottsboro Boys is a 2010 Broadway musical by John Kander and Fred Ebb that uses a minstrel-show framework to dramatize the infamous 1930s Scottsboro rape trials and critique American racism and injustice.
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A.
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
"Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys" is a 1976 television docudrama that dramatizes the infamous Scottsboro Boys trials and the moral courage of Judge James Horton in Depression-era Alabama.
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B.
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy is a documentary film that examines the infamous Scottsboro Boys case, in which nine Black teenagers were falsely accused of raping two white women in 1930s Alabama, highlighting its profound impact on American justice and civil rights.
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C.
Selma (musical)
Selma is a stage musical adaptation of the events surrounding the 1965 Selma civil rights marches, dramatizing the struggle for voting rights in the American South.
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D.
Porgy
Porgy is the disabled but resilient beggar protagonist of George Gershwin’s folk opera "Porgy and Bess," known for his deep humanity and enduring love for Bess.
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E.
The Ballad of Birmingham
The Ballad of Birmingham is a powerful civil rights-era poem by Dudley Randall that mournfully recounts the 1963 bombing of a Black church in Birmingham, Alabama.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Stroman
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