Oscar Stanton De Priest
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Oscar Stanton De Priest was a pioneering African American politician who became the first Black U.S. Representative from the 20th century and the first elected to Congress in the 20th century from outside the Southern states.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oscar Stanton De Priest canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5766095 — 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: Oscar Stanton De Priest Context triple: [Oak Woods Cemetery, burialPlaceOf, Oscar Stanton De Priest]
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A.
Willie S. Griggs
Willie S. Griggs was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Griggs v. Duke Power Co., which established the doctrine of disparate impact in employment discrimination law.
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B.
Congressman Charles Diggs
Congressman Charles Diggs was a pioneering African American legislator from Michigan and founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus who played a major role in advancing Black political power in the 1960s and 1970s.
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C.
Adam Clayton Powell Sr.
Adam Clayton Powell Sr. was a prominent early 20th-century African American Baptist minister and civil rights leader who significantly expanded the influence and membership of Harlem’s Black church community.
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D.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a prominent African American politician and civil rights leader who served as a long-time U.S. Congressman from Harlem and chaired the powerful House Education and Labor Committee in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Sumner W. Jackson
Sumner W. Jackson was an American physician and U.S. Army officer in Paris during World War II who became known for aiding the French Resistance and was ultimately killed in a Nazi concentration camp.
- 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: Oscar Stanton De Priest Target entity description: Oscar Stanton De Priest was a pioneering African American politician who became the first Black U.S. Representative from the 20th century and the first elected to Congress in the 20th century from outside the Southern states.
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A.
Willie S. Griggs
Willie S. Griggs was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Griggs v. Duke Power Co., which established the doctrine of disparate impact in employment discrimination law.
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B.
Congressman Charles Diggs
Congressman Charles Diggs was a pioneering African American legislator from Michigan and founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus who played a major role in advancing Black political power in the 1960s and 1970s.
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C.
Adam Clayton Powell Sr.
Adam Clayton Powell Sr. was a prominent early 20th-century African American Baptist minister and civil rights leader who significantly expanded the influence and membership of Harlem’s Black church community.
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D.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a prominent African American politician and civil rights leader who served as a long-time U.S. Congressman from Harlem and chaired the powerful House Education and Labor Committee in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Sumner W. Jackson
Sumner W. Jackson was an American physician and U.S. Army officer in Paris during World War II who became known for aiding the French Resistance and was ultimately killed in a Nazi concentration camp.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1871-03-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1951-05-12 ⓘ |
| electedIn |
United States House of Representatives elections, 1928
ⓘ
United States House of Representatives elections, 1930 ⓘ United States House of Representatives elections, 1932 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1935-01-03 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African Americans
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | De Priest ⓘ |
| givenName | Oscar ⓘ |
| hasParticularActivity | civil rights advocacy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy against racial discrimination in federal employment and housing
ⓘ
introducing anti-discrimination legislation in Congress ⓘ |
| memberOf | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| middleName | Stanton ⓘ |
| movement |
civil rights movement (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
American civil rights movement
|
| notableFor |
first African American elected to Congress from outside the Southern states in the 20th century
ⓘ
first African American elected to the U.S. Congress in the 20th century ⓘ |
| notableWork |
efforts to desegregate public facilities in Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
support for anti-lynching legislation ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
politician ⓘ real estate broker ⓘ |
| partOf | African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Florence, Alabama, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Florence, Alabama
|
| placeOfDeath | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
Republican Party (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Republican Party
|
| positionHeld |
Chicago alderman
ⓘ
Cook County commissioner ⓘ Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 1st congressional district ⓘ |
| precededBy | Martin B. Madden ⓘ |
| race | Black ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| represented |
Illinois
ⓘ
Illinois's 1st congressional district ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois 1st congressional district
|
| residence | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Jessie L. Williams De Priest ⓘ |
| startTime | 1929-03-04 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Arthur W. Mitchell ⓘ |
| workLocation | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
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Subject: Oscar Stanton De Priest Description of subject: Oscar Stanton De Priest was a pioneering African American politician who became the first Black U.S. Representative from the 20th century and the first elected to Congress in the 20th century from outside the Southern states.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago
subject linked to:
Illinois 1st congressional district