Michelle Alexander
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Michelle Alexander is an American civil rights lawyer, legal scholar, and author best known for her influential book "The New Jim Crow," which critiques mass incarceration and racial injustice in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michelle Alexander canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michelle Alexander Context triple: [Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize, notableRecipient, Michelle Alexander]
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A.
Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi is an American historian, scholar of race and antiracism, and bestselling author of works such as "How to Be an Antiracist."
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B.
Cornel West
Cornel West is an American philosopher, political activist, social critic, and public intellectual known for his work on race, democracy, and justice.
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C.
Marc Lamont Hill
Marc Lamont Hill is an American academic, author, and television commentator known for his work on social justice, race, and politics.
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D.
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Kimberlé Crenshaw is an American legal scholar and critical race theorist best known for developing the concept of intersectionality to explain how overlapping systems of oppression shape the experiences of Black women.
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E.
Angela Davis
Angela Davis is an American political activist, scholar, and author known for her work on civil rights, prison abolition, and social justice.
- 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: Michelle Alexander Target entity description: Michelle Alexander is an American civil rights lawyer, legal scholar, and author best known for her influential book "The New Jim Crow," which critiques mass incarceration and racial injustice in the United States.
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A.
Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi is an American historian, scholar of race and antiracism, and bestselling author of works such as "How to Be an Antiracist."
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B.
Cornel West
Cornel West is an American philosopher, political activist, social critic, and public intellectual known for his work on race, democracy, and justice.
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C.
Marc Lamont Hill
Marc Lamont Hill is an American academic, author, and television commentator known for his work on social justice, race, and politics.
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D.
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Kimberlé Crenshaw is an American legal scholar and critical race theorist best known for developing the concept of intersectionality to explain how overlapping systems of oppression shape the experiences of Black women.
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E.
Angela Davis
Angela Davis is an American political activist, scholar, and author known for her work on civil rights, prison abolition, and social justice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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civil rights lawyer ⓘ human ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Stanford Law School
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Vanderbilt University ⓘ |
| employer |
Ohio State University
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Union Theological Seminary ⓘ |
| familyName | Alexander ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights law
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criminal justice reform ⓘ mass incarceration ⓘ racial justice ⓘ |
| genre | nonfiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Michelle ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
The New Jim Crow
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essays on racial justice ⓘ op-eds on criminal justice reform ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American civil rights movement
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surface form:
civil rights movement in the United States
mass incarceration policies in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analyzing racial caste in the criminal justice system
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authoring The New Jim Crow ⓘ critiquing mass incarceration in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainWork |
The New Jim Crow
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surface form:
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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| movement |
American civil rights movement
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surface form:
civil rights movement
prison abolition movement ⓘ racial justice movement ⓘ |
| name | Michelle Alexander self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
continuity between Jim Crow laws and modern criminal justice practices
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mass incarceration as a racial caste system ⓘ |
| notableWork | The New Jim Crow ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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civil rights lawyer ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor of law
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visiting professor ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| topicOfWork |
War on Drugs
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criminal justice system in the United States ⓘ racial discrimination in the United States ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York City
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Ohio ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Michelle Alexander Description of subject: Michelle Alexander is an American civil rights lawyer, legal scholar, and author best known for her influential book "The New Jim Crow," which critiques mass incarceration and racial injustice in the United States.
Referenced by (4)
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subject surface form:
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