Blues for Mister Charlie
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Blues for Mister Charlie is a 1964 stage play by James Baldwin that confronts racism and injustice in the American South, loosely inspired by the murder of Emmett Till.
All labels observed (1)
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| Blues for Mister Charlie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549248 — 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: Blues for Mister Charlie Context triple: [James Baldwin, notableWork, Blues for Mister Charlie]
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A.
The King of the Blues
The King of the Blues is the honorific nickname of legendary American blues guitarist and singer B.B. King, renowned for his expressive playing style and influence on modern blues music.
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B.
West End Blues
"West End Blues" is a landmark 1928 jazz recording renowned for Louis Armstrong's virtuosic trumpet intro and its pivotal role in the development of solo improvisation in jazz.
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C.
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a jazz-influenced ballet and orchestral piece by Richard Rodgers, originally written for the 1936 musical On Your Toes and later widely performed as a standalone concert work.
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D.
Tar Baby
"Tar Baby" is a 1981 novel by Toni Morrison that explores race, class, identity, and desire through the complex relationships between a Black fashion model and a mysterious drifter on a Caribbean island.
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E.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk is a 1974 novel by James Baldwin that portrays a young Black couple’s love and struggle for justice in Harlem amid systemic racism and wrongful imprisonment.
- 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: Blues for Mister Charlie Target entity description: Blues for Mister Charlie is a 1964 stage play by James Baldwin that confronts racism and injustice in the American South, loosely inspired by the murder of Emmett Till.
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A.
The King of the Blues
The King of the Blues is the honorific nickname of legendary American blues guitarist and singer B.B. King, renowned for his expressive playing style and influence on modern blues music.
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B.
West End Blues
"West End Blues" is a landmark 1928 jazz recording renowned for Louis Armstrong's virtuosic trumpet intro and its pivotal role in the development of solo improvisation in jazz.
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C.
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a jazz-influenced ballet and orchestral piece by Richard Rodgers, originally written for the 1936 musical On Your Toes and later widely performed as a standalone concert work.
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D.
Tar Baby
"Tar Baby" is a 1981 novel by Toni Morrison that explores race, class, identity, and desire through the complex relationships between a Black fashion model and a mysterious drifter on a Caribbean island.
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E.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk is a 1974 novel by James Baldwin that portrays a young Black couple’s love and struggle for justice in Harlem amid systemic racism and wrongful imprisonment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
stage play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
Black resistance
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injustice in the legal system ⓘ interracial power dynamics ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ racial violence ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ |
| author | James Baldwin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | James Baldwin ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
political drama ⓘ social problem play ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification |
African-American play
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American play ⓘ civil rights play ⓘ |
| hasForm | three-act play ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Black community in the South
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lynching ⓘ murder trial ⓘ white community in the South ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Murder of Emmett Till
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surface form:
Emmett Till
murder of Emmett Till ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African-American literature
ⓘ
civil rights literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
civil rights
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racial injustice ⓘ racism ⓘ violence in the American South ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic representation of Emmett Till–like killing
ⓘ
explicit critique of American racism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | James Baldwin bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
Mississippi ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi (fictionalized)
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| timePeriodOfSetting |
civil rights era
ⓘ
mid-20th century ⓘ post-World War II era ⓘ |
| writer | James Baldwin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blues for Mister Charlie Description of subject: Blues for Mister Charlie is a 1964 stage play by James Baldwin that confronts racism and injustice in the American South, loosely inspired by the murder of Emmett Till.
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