Robert S. Abbott
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Robert S. Abbott was an influential African American lawyer and newspaper publisher who founded the Chicago Defender, one of the most important Black newspapers in U.S. history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert S. Abbott canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6770918 — 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: Robert S. Abbott Context triple: [Chicago Defender, founder, Robert S. Abbott]
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Jack Washington
Jack Washington was an American jazz baritone saxophonist best known for his work with Bennie Moten's Orchestra and later the Count Basie Orchestra.
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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.
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Oscar Stanton De Priest
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Ammi B. Young
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James Wood Johnson
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Robert S. Abbott Target entity description: Robert S. Abbott was an influential African American lawyer and newspaper publisher who founded the Chicago Defender, one of the most important Black newspapers in U.S. history.
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A.
Jack Washington
Jack Washington was an American jazz baritone saxophonist best known for his work with Bennie Moten's Orchestra and later the Count Basie Orchestra.
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B.
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.
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C.
Oscar Stanton De Priest
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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D.
Ammi B. Young
Ammi B. Young was a 19th-century American architect known for his influential federal and public building designs in the Greek Revival style.
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E.
James Wood Johnson
James Wood Johnson was an American businessman and co-founder of the healthcare and consumer goods company Johnson & Johnson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights activist
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ newspaper publisher ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
anti-lynching legislation
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civil rights for African Americans ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1870-11-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | St. Simons Island, Georgia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1940-02-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Chicago-Kent College of Law
NERFINISHED
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Hampton Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education |
Hampton Institute
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kent College of Law, Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights advocacy
ⓘ
journalism ⓘ law ⓘ |
| founded | Chicago Defender NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert Sengstacke Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
inducted into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame
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recognized as a pioneer of the Black press in America ⓘ |
| hasRole | editor and publisher of the Chicago Defender ⓘ |
| influenced | John H. Sengstacke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the Chicago Defender
ⓘ
promoting the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the North ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
built the Chicago Defender into one of the most widely read African American newspapers in the United States
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used the Chicago Defender to encourage African Americans to migrate from the Jim Crow South to northern cities ⓘ |
| notableWork | Chicago Defender NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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journalist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ newspaper publisher ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| publisherOf | Chicago Defender NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | John H. Sengstacke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| usedMedium | print journalism ⓘ |
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Subject: Robert S. Abbott Description of subject: Robert S. Abbott was an influential African American lawyer and newspaper publisher who founded the Chicago Defender, one of the most important Black newspapers in U.S. history.
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