Blues People
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Blues People is a seminal 1963 work of cultural criticism by Amiri Baraka that traces the history of African American music as a lens on Black experience and U.S. social history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Blues People canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2165384 — 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: Blues People Context triple: [Amiri Baraka, notableWork, Blues People]
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A.
Black, Brown and Beige
Black, Brown and Beige is a landmark jazz composition by Duke Ellington, conceived as an extended orchestral suite that chronicles the African American experience in the United States.
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B.
The King of the Blues
The King of the Blues is the honorific nickname of legendary American blues guitarist and singer B.B. King, renowned for his expressive playing style and influence on modern blues music.
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C.
Big Blues
Big Blues is the collective name for the athletic teams representing Bluefield State University in collegiate sports competitions.
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D.
Passing Strange
Passing Strange is a semi-autobiographical rock musical that follows a young Black artist’s journey of self-discovery from Los Angeles to Europe, blending theater, concert, and storytelling.
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E.
The Blues
The Blues is a common nickname for Everton Football Club, a historic professional football team based in Liverpool, England that competes in the Premier League.
- 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: Blues People Target entity description: Blues People is a seminal 1963 work of cultural criticism by Amiri Baraka that traces the history of African American music as a lens on Black experience and U.S. social history.
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A.
Black, Brown and Beige
Black, Brown and Beige is a landmark jazz composition by Duke Ellington, conceived as an extended orchestral suite that chronicles the African American experience in the United States.
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B.
The King of the Blues
The King of the Blues is the honorific nickname of legendary American blues guitarist and singer B.B. King, renowned for his expressive playing style and influence on modern blues music.
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C.
Big Blues
Big Blues is the collective name for the athletic teams representing Bluefield State University in collegiate sports competitions.
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D.
Passing Strange
Passing Strange is a semi-autobiographical rock musical that follows a young Black artist’s journey of self-discovery from Los Angeles to Europe, blending theater, concert, and storytelling.
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E.
The Blues
The Blues is a common nickname for Everton Football Club, a historic professional football team based in Liverpool, England that competes in the Premier League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ work of cultural criticism ⓘ |
| author |
Amiri Baraka
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Amiri Baraka ⓘ
surface form:
LeRoi Jones
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
classic text in Black cultural criticism
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seminal work on African American music and culture ⓘ |
| examines |
class and race in African American musical forms
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commercialization of Black music ⓘ cultural assimilation and resistance in music ⓘ development of jazz from blues and other forms ⓘ origins of blues in slavery and African traditions ⓘ social conditions of African Americans through music ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cultural history of African Americans from slavery to the mid-20th century
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relationship between African American music and U.S. social history ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural criticism
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music history ⓘ |
| hasForm |
hardcover edition
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paperback edition ⓘ print book ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780688187852 ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Black nationalist perspective
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Marxist-influenced analysis of culture and class ⓘ |
| influenced |
African American studies
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Black cultural criticism ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ jazz criticism ⓘ popular music studies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American history
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African American music ⓘ Black experience in the United States ⓘ blues music ⓘ jazz music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
arguing that blues and jazz are historical records of Black life
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early scholarly treatment of blues as serious art form ⓘ linking musical forms to specific phases of Black social history ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Morrow ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Black Music
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Home: Social Essays ⓘ |
| settingContext | United States racial segregation era ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Reconstruction era
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surface form:
Reconstruction era in the United States
early 20th century United States ⓘ mid-20th century United States ⓘ slavery era in the United States ⓘ |
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