Ridenhour Prize for Courage
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The Ridenhour Prize for Courage is an American award that honors individuals who demonstrate extraordinary bravery in speaking truth to power and advancing the public interest.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ridenhour Prize for Courage canonical | 1 |
| Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4450303 — 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: Ridenhour Prize for Courage Context triple: [Tarana Burke, awardReceived, Ridenhour Prize for Courage]
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A.
Nuremberg International Human Rights Award
The Nuremberg International Human Rights Award is a biennial prize that honors individuals and organizations worldwide for outstanding efforts in promoting and protecting human rights.
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B.
Beacons of Freedom Award
The Beacons of Freedom Award is an honor recognizing individuals who have made significant contributions to the cause of human rights, democracy, and freedom.
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C.
Defenders of Democracy Award
The Defenders of Democracy Award is an honor recognizing individuals or organizations for their outstanding efforts in protecting and advancing democratic values and human rights.
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D.
Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize
The Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize is an award presented by the Lannan Foundation to honor individuals whose work courageously advances social justice, human rights, and freedom of expression.
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E.
Four Freedoms Award
The Four Freedoms Award is an honor recognizing individuals and organizations whose work embodies the principles of freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear, as articulated by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 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: Ridenhour Prize for Courage Target entity description: The Ridenhour Prize for Courage is an American award that honors individuals who demonstrate extraordinary bravery in speaking truth to power and advancing the public interest.
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A.
Nuremberg International Human Rights Award
The Nuremberg International Human Rights Award is a biennial prize that honors individuals and organizations worldwide for outstanding efforts in promoting and protecting human rights.
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B.
Beacons of Freedom Award
The Beacons of Freedom Award is an honor recognizing individuals who have made significant contributions to the cause of human rights, democracy, and freedom.
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C.
Defenders of Democracy Award
The Defenders of Democracy Award is an honor recognizing individuals or organizations for their outstanding efforts in protecting and advancing democratic values and human rights.
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D.
Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize
The Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize is an award presented by the Lannan Foundation to honor individuals whose work courageously advances social justice, human rights, and freedom of expression.
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E.
Four Freedoms Award
The Four Freedoms Award is an honor recognizing individuals and organizations whose work embodies the principles of freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear, as articulated by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American award
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award ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
investigative journalism
ⓘ
whistleblowing ⓘ |
| awardFor |
advancing the public interest
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courage ⓘ speaking truth to power ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstAwarded | 2004 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | civil courage award ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
American civil awards and decorations
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awards established in 2004 ⓘ courage awards ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception | 2004 ⓘ |
| motto | speaking truth to power ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ronald Ridenhour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfterNotableFor | exposing the My Lai massacre ⓘ |
| namedAfterOccupation | whistleblower ⓘ |
| partOf | Ridenhour Prizes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
Fertel Foundation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Nation Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
extraordinary bravery in defense of the public interest
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truth-telling in the public sphere ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ridenhour.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ridenhour Prize for Courage Description of subject: The Ridenhour Prize for Courage is an American award that honors individuals who demonstrate extraordinary bravery in speaking truth to power and advancing the public interest.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling