Coleman A. Young
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Coleman A. Young was a pioneering African American politician who served as the long-time mayor of Detroit, Michigan, from 1974 to 1994.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coleman A. Young canonical | 3 |
| Coleman A. Young II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3874972 — 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: Coleman A. Young Context triple: [Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, namedAfter, Coleman A. Young]
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A.
Howard Cunningham
Howard Cunningham is the affable, old-fashioned Milwaukee hardware store owner and father figure on the classic American sitcom "Happy Days."
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B.
Kwame Kilpatrick
Kwame Kilpatrick is a former mayor of Detroit who became widely known for his corruption scandal, criminal convictions, and subsequent imprisonment.
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C.
Richard J. Daley
Richard J. Daley was the powerful mid-20th-century mayor of Chicago and a dominant Democratic political boss known for his control of the city’s political machine and resistance to civil rights activism.
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D.
James R. Thompson
James R. Thompson was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the long-time governor of Illinois and later sat on the 9/11 Commission.
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E.
Harold Washington
Harold Washington was the first African American mayor of Chicago, serving from 1983 until his death in 1987 and known for his reformist and coalition-building politics.
- 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: Coleman A. Young Target entity description: Coleman A. Young was a pioneering African American politician who served as the long-time mayor of Detroit, Michigan, from 1974 to 1994.
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A.
Howard Cunningham
Howard Cunningham is the affable, old-fashioned Milwaukee hardware store owner and father figure on the classic American sitcom "Happy Days."
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B.
Kwame Kilpatrick
Kwame Kilpatrick is a former mayor of Detroit who became widely known for his corruption scandal, criminal convictions, and subsequent imprisonment.
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C.
Richard J. Daley
Richard J. Daley was the powerful mid-20th-century mayor of Chicago and a dominant Democratic political boss known for his control of the city’s political machine and resistance to civil rights activism.
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D.
James R. Thompson
James R. Thompson was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the long-time governor of Illinois and later sat on the 9/11 Commission.
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E.
Harold Washington
Harold Washington was the first African American mayor of Chicago, serving from 1983 until his death in 1987 and known for his reformist and coalition-building politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
ⓘ
human ⓘ mayor ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | respiratory failure ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1918-05-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1997-11-29 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
African American National Biography
ⓘ
Encyclopedia of Detroit ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Eastern High School (Detroit) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African Americans
|
| familyName | Young ⓘ |
| fullName | Coleman Alexander Young ⓘ |
| givenName | Coleman ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Coleman A. Young
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Coleman A. Young II
|
| hasHonor |
Coleman A. Young International Airport
ⓘ
Coleman A. Young Municipal Center ⓘ |
| influenced | African American politicians in urban politics ⓘ |
| influencedBy | labor movement ⓘ |
| knownFor |
implementing affirmative action policies in Detroit city government
ⓘ
opposition to police unit STRESS in Detroit ⓘ urban redevelopment initiatives in Detroit ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| militaryBranch | United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| movement |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
surface form:
civil rights movement
|
| notableFor |
being the first African American mayor of Detroit
ⓘ
longest-serving mayor of Detroit in the 20th century ⓘ |
| notableWork | autobiography "Hard Stuff: The Autobiography of Coleman Young" ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ trade unionist ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 1994-01-01 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 1974-01-01 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
ⓘ
surface form:
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
|
| politicalAlignment | liberal ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Mayor of Detroit
ⓘ
delegate to the Michigan Constitutional Convention ⓘ member of the Michigan Senate ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | Michigan ⓘ |
| workedIn | Detroit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Coleman A. Young Description of subject: Coleman A. Young was a pioneering African American politician who served as the long-time mayor of Detroit, Michigan, from 1974 to 1994.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Coleman A. Young II