Calvin O. Butts III
E291475
Calvin O. Butts III was a prominent American pastor, civil rights leader, and longtime senior minister of Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Calvin O. Butts III canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2699807 — 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: Calvin O. Butts III Context triple: [Abyssinian Baptist Church, notableLeader, Calvin O. Butts III]
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A.
Joseph Lowery
Joseph Lowery was a prominent American civil rights leader and minister who worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. and helped lead the movement for racial equality in the United States.
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B.
Noland B. Harmon
Noland B. Harmon was an American Methodist bishop known for co-authoring the 1963 “A Call for Unity” statement that criticized civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama.
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C.
Fred Gray
Fred Gray is a prominent American civil rights attorney best known for representing Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. and challenging segregation in Alabama.
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D.
Marc H. Morial
Marc H. Morial is an American civil rights leader, lawyer, and former mayor of New Orleans who has served as president and CEO of the National Urban League.
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E.
Robert L. Carter
Robert L. Carter was a prominent American civil rights attorney and later federal judge who played a key role in the NAACP’s legal campaign against school segregation, including work on the cases that led to Brown v. Board of Education.
- 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: Calvin O. Butts III Target entity description: Calvin O. Butts III was a prominent American pastor, civil rights leader, and longtime senior minister of Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church.
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A.
Joseph Lowery
Joseph Lowery was a prominent American civil rights leader and minister who worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. and helped lead the movement for racial equality in the United States.
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B.
Noland B. Harmon
Noland B. Harmon was an American Methodist bishop known for co-authoring the 1963 “A Call for Unity” statement that criticized civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama.
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C.
Fred Gray
Fred Gray is a prominent American civil rights attorney best known for representing Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. and challenging segregation in Alabama.
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D.
Marc H. Morial
Marc H. Morial is an American civil rights leader, lawyer, and former mayor of New Orleans who has served as president and CEO of the National Urban League.
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E.
Robert L. Carter
Robert L. Carter was a prominent American civil rights attorney and later federal judge who played a key role in the NAACP’s legal campaign against school segregation, including work on the cases that led to Brown v. Board of Education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baptist minister
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Christian clergy ⓘ civil rights leader ⓘ human ⓘ pastor ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor’s degree
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Doctorate ⓘ Master of Divinity ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| clergyType | pastor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-07-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-10-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Morehouse College
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New York University ⓘ Union Theological Seminary ⓘ |
| employer |
Abyssinian Baptist Church
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State University of New York at Old Westbury ⓘ |
| familyName | Butts ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights activism
ⓘ
education administration ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Calvin ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | III ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy against racism
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leadership in Harlem community development ⓘ social justice preaching ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Democratic Party
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| movement |
American civil rights movement
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surface form:
civil rights movement
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| name | Calvin O. Butts III self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
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educator ⓘ pastor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bridgeport
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surface form:
Bridgeport, Connecticut
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| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
president of SUNY Old Westbury
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senior pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
Harlem
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surface form:
Harlem, New York City
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Harlem
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surface form:
Harlem, New York City
Old Westbury ⓘ
surface form:
Old Westbury, New York
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Calvin O. Butts III Description of subject: Calvin O. Butts III was a prominent American pastor, civil rights leader, and longtime senior minister of Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.