Ida B. Wells
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Ida B. Wells was a pioneering African American journalist, civil rights leader, and anti-lynching crusader who played a key role in the early struggle for racial justice in the United States.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ida B. Wells canonical | 24 |
| Ida B. Wells-Barnett | 7 |
| Ida Bell Wells | 2 |
| Ida B. Wells Papers | 1 |
| Ida B. Wells-Barnett defied segregation by joining the Illinois delegation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T462142 — 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.
Target entity: Ida B. Wells Context triple: [NAACP, founder, Ida B. Wells]
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Isabel Mary Wells
Isabel Mary Wells was the first wife of English writer H. G. Wells, whom he married in 1891 before their eventual separation.
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Daisy Bates
Daisy Bates was a prominent civil rights activist and journalist who played a key leadership role in guiding and supporting the Little Rock Nine during the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Marguerite Erskine Walker
Marguerite Erskine Walker was the wife of American inventor and industrialist George Westinghouse and a prominent Pittsburgh social figure and philanthropist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Amelia Boynton Robinson
Amelia Boynton Robinson was a pioneering African American civil rights activist whose leadership in Selma, Alabama, helped spark the Voting Rights Movement and contributed to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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E.
Josiah E. DuBois Jr.
Josiah E. DuBois Jr. was a U.S. Treasury Department lawyer and key Holocaust whistleblower whose efforts helped expose government inaction and led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Jews during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ida B. Wells Target entity description: Ida B. Wells was a pioneering African American journalist, civil rights leader, and anti-lynching crusader who played a key role in the early struggle for racial justice in the United States.
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A.
Isabel Mary Wells
Isabel Mary Wells was the first wife of English writer H. G. Wells, whom he married in 1891 before their eventual separation.
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B.
Daisy Bates
Daisy Bates was a prominent civil rights activist and journalist who played a key leadership role in guiding and supporting the Little Rock Nine during the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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C.
Marguerite Erskine Walker
Marguerite Erskine Walker was the wife of American inventor and industrialist George Westinghouse and a prominent Pittsburgh social figure and philanthropist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Amelia Boynton Robinson was a pioneering African American civil rights activist whose leadership in Selma, Alabama, helped spark the Voting Rights Movement and contributed to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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E.
Josiah E. DuBois Jr.
Josiah E. DuBois Jr. was a U.S. Treasury Department lawyer and key Holocaust whistleblower whose efforts helped expose government inaction and led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Jews during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American leader
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anti-lynching activist ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ journalist ⓘ suffragist ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ida B. Wells
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surface form:
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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| burialPlace |
Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago
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surface form:
Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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| causeOfDeath | kidney failure ⓘ |
| coFounded |
NAACP
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NAACP ⓘ
surface form:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1862-07-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1931-03-25 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| familyName | Wells ⓘ |
| father | James Wells ⓘ |
| founded |
Alpha Suffrage Club
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Negro Fellowship League ⓘ |
| fullName |
Ida B. Wells
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ida Bell Wells
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| givenName | Ida ⓘ |
| honor |
Ida B. Wells Drive in Chicago named in her honor
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Pulitzer Prize special citation awarded posthumously in 2020 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
anti-lynching campaign
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investigative journalism on racial violence ⓘ leadership in early civil rights organizations ⓘ |
| mother | Elizabeth Warrenton Wells ⓘ |
| movement |
American civil rights movement
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surface form:
civil rights movement
women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Crusade for Justice
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Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases ⓘ The Red Record ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
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editor ⓘ journalist ⓘ publisher ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| politicalActivity |
advocated for Black women's voting rights
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campaigned against lynching in the United States and abroad ⓘ |
| religion |
Baptists
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surface form:
Baptist
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| residence |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
filed lawsuit against Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad for discrimination
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parents died in yellow fever epidemic in 1878 ⓘ |
| spouse | Ferdinand L. Barnett ⓘ |
| workedFor |
Chicago Conservator
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Chicago Daily Inter Ocean ⓘ Memphis Free Speech and Headlight ⓘ |
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Subject: Ida B. Wells Description of subject: Ida B. Wells was a pioneering African American journalist, civil rights leader, and anti-lynching crusader who played a key role in the early struggle for racial justice in the United States.
Referenced by (35)
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