"A Closed Society"
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"A Closed Society" is a gallery in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum that explores the era of enforced racial segregation and systemic oppression in Mississippi before and during the civil rights movement.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "A Closed Society" canonical | 1 |
| A Closed Society | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2847116 — 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: "A Closed Society" Context triple: [Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, hasGallery, "A Closed Society"]
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A.
The Good Society
The Good Society is a sociological work by Robert N. Bellah that explores how modern democratic institutions and civic life can be reoriented toward shared moral values and the common good.
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B.
The Good Society
The Good Society is a 1937 political and social philosophy book by Walter Lippmann that critiques both laissez-faire capitalism and collectivist planning while arguing for a liberal, rule-of-law–based order.
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C.
The Acquisitive Society
The Acquisitive Society is a 1920 book by British social critic R. H. Tawney that offers a moral and economic critique of capitalism and argues for a more socially responsible and egalitarian economic order.
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D.
Curse of the Starving Class
Curse of the Starving Class is a darkly comic, psychologically intense stage play by Sam Shepard that explores the disintegration of a dysfunctional American family struggling with poverty, identity, and the elusive promise of the American Dream.
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E.
A World Apart
"A World Apart" is a memoir by Polish writer Gustaw Herling-Grudziński that recounts his harrowing experiences in a Soviet Gulag during World War II.
- 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: "A Closed Society" Target entity description: "A Closed Society" is a gallery in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum that explores the era of enforced racial segregation and systemic oppression in Mississippi before and during the civil rights movement.
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A.
The Good Society
The Good Society is a sociological work by Robert N. Bellah that explores how modern democratic institutions and civic life can be reoriented toward shared moral values and the common good.
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B.
The Good Society
The Good Society is a 1937 political and social philosophy book by Walter Lippmann that critiques both laissez-faire capitalism and collectivist planning while arguing for a liberal, rule-of-law–based order.
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C.
The Acquisitive Society
The Acquisitive Society is a 1920 book by British social critic R. H. Tawney that offers a moral and economic critique of capitalism and argues for a more socially responsible and egalitarian economic order.
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D.
Curse of the Starving Class
Curse of the Starving Class is a darkly comic, psychologically intense stage play by Sam Shepard that explores the disintegration of a dysfunctional American family struggling with poverty, identity, and the elusive promise of the American Dream.
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E.
A World Apart
"A World Apart" is a memoir by Polish writer Gustaw Herling-Grudziński that recounts his harrowing experiences in a Soviet Gulag during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
exhibition
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museum gallery ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusesOn |
economic oppression of Black Mississippians
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enforced racial segregation ⓘ legal and social systems of white supremacy ⓘ political disenfranchisement of African Americans ⓘ resistance to racial equality in Mississippi ⓘ violence and intimidation used to maintain segregation ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
to educate visitors about the structures of racial oppression in Mississippi
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to provide historical context for the civil rights movement in Mississippi ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodCovered |
early 20th century
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early years of the civil rights movement ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ period before the modern civil rights movement ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mississippi Civil Rights Museum ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ |
| name |
"A Closed Society"
self-link
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surface form:
A Closed Society
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| operatedBy | Mississippi Department of Archives and History ⓘ |
| partOf | Mississippi Civil Rights Museum permanent exhibitions ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical narratives about Black Mississippians’ experiences
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interpretive exhibits on everyday life under Jim Crow ⓘ interpretive exhibits on segregation laws ⓘ multimedia presentations about systemic racism in Mississippi ⓘ |
| theme |
Jim Crow laws
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surface form:
Jim Crow era in Mississippi
civil rights movement in Mississippi ⓘ pre–civil rights movement Mississippi ⓘ racial segregation in Mississippi ⓘ systemic oppression of African Americans ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: "A Closed Society" Description of subject: "A Closed Society" is a gallery in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum that explores the era of enforced racial segregation and systemic oppression in Mississippi before and during the civil rights movement.
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A Closed Society
this entity surface form:
A Closed Society