Jackson State killings
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The Jackson State killings were a 1970 incident in which police opened fire on students at Jackson State College in Mississippi during anti–Vietnam War and civil rights protests, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jackson State killings canonical | 3 |
| Jackson State College killings | 1 |
| Jackson State shootings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5703905 — 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: Jackson State killings Context triple: [Kent State shootings, relatedEvent, Jackson State killings]
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A.
Bama massacre
The Bama massacre was a deadly attack in 2014 by Boko Haram on the town of Bama in Borno State, Nigeria, in which hundreds of civilians were killed and widespread destruction occurred.
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B.
Ellenton massacre
The Ellenton massacre was an 1876 episode of racial and political violence in South Carolina in which white supremacist paramilitaries attacked and killed numerous Black residents to suppress their civil and voting rights during Reconstruction.
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C.
Battle of Liberty Place
The Battle of Liberty Place was an 1874 violent insurrection in New Orleans in which the white supremacist White League temporarily overthrew the Reconstruction-era Republican state government.
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D.
Colfax massacre
The Colfax massacre was an 1873 episode of racial and political violence in Louisiana in which white supremacists killed dozens of Black freedmen, marking one of the deadliest incidents of Reconstruction-era terror and undermining Black civil rights in the post–Civil War South.
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E.
Dade massacre
The Dade massacre was an 1835 ambush in Florida in which Seminole warriors annihilated a U.S. Army detachment, helping to ignite the Second Seminole War.
- 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: Jackson State killings Target entity description: The Jackson State killings were a 1970 incident in which police opened fire on students at Jackson State College in Mississippi during anti–Vietnam War and civil rights protests, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries.
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A.
Bama massacre
The Bama massacre was a deadly attack in 2014 by Boko Haram on the town of Bama in Borno State, Nigeria, in which hundreds of civilians were killed and widespread destruction occurred.
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B.
Ellenton massacre
The Ellenton massacre was an 1876 episode of racial and political violence in South Carolina in which white supremacist paramilitaries attacked and killed numerous Black residents to suppress their civil and voting rights during Reconstruction.
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C.
Battle of Liberty Place
The Battle of Liberty Place was an 1874 violent insurrection in New Orleans in which the white supremacist White League temporarily overthrew the Reconstruction-era Republican state government.
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D.
Colfax massacre
The Colfax massacre was an 1873 episode of racial and political violence in Louisiana in which white supremacists killed dozens of Black freedmen, marking one of the deadliest incidents of Reconstruction-era terror and undermining Black civil rights in the post–Civil War South.
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E.
Dade massacre
The Dade massacre was an 1835 ambush in Florida in which Seminole warriors annihilated a U.S. Army detachment, helping to ignite the Second Seminole War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
mass shooting ⓘ police shooting ⓘ student protest incident ⓘ |
| hasAftermath |
memorials at Jackson State University
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national criticism of law enforcement response to campus protests ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Jackson State College killings
ⓘ
linked to:
Jackson State killings
Jackson State shootings ⓘ
linked to:
Jackson State killings
|
| hasCause |
anti–Vietnam War protests
ⓘ
civil rights protests ⓘ racial tensions in Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ |
| hasCommemoration | annual memorial observances at Jackson State University ⓘ |
| hasContext |
African American majority campus
ⓘ
segregation and discrimination in Mississippi ⓘ |
| hasCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasDate | 1970-05-15 ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
campus safety policies at historically Black colleges and universities
ⓘ
public debate over use of force against protesters ⓘ |
| hasInvestigationBy |
President's Commission on Campus Unrest
ⓘ
linked to:
President’s Commission on Campus Unrest
|
| hasLegalOutcome | no officers convicted ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Hinds County, Mississippi
ⓘ
Jackson State College ⓘ
linked to:
Jackson State University
Jackson State University ⓘ Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ |
| hasMediaCoverage | national U.S. news media ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | Gibbs–Green Memorial Plaza ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfFatalities | 2 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfInjured | 12 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfShotsFired | more than 150 rounds ⓘ |
| hasPerpetrator |
Jackson Police Department officers
ⓘ
Mississippi Highway Patrol officers ⓘ
linked to:
Mississippi Highway Patrol
|
| hasSubjectOf |
documentaries on Vietnam War–era protests
ⓘ
historical studies of campus unrest ⓘ |
| hasTimeOfDay | shortly after midnight ⓘ |
| hasVictim |
James Earl Green
ⓘ
Phillip Lafayette Gibbs ⓘ |
| hasWeaponUsed | police firearms ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
history of African American higher education
ⓘ
history of police violence in the United States ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo | Kent State shootings ⓘ |
| occurredDuring |
Vietnam War era
ⓘ
linked to:
Vietnam War
civil rights movement ⓘ
linked to:
American civil rights movement
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| targetedGroup |
African American students
ⓘ
students ⓘ |
| tookPlaceAt | Alexander Hall (Jackson State College dormitory) ⓘ |
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Subject: Jackson State killings Description of subject: The Jackson State killings were a 1970 incident in which police opened fire on students at Jackson State College in Mississippi during anti–Vietnam War and civil rights protests, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jackson State killings
linked to: Jackson State killings