Aubrey James Norvell
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Aubrey James Norvell is an American white supremacist best known for shooting and critically wounding civil rights activist James Meredith during the 1966 March Against Fear in Mississippi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aubrey James Norvell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10265544 — 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: Aubrey James Norvell Context triple: [March Against Fear, perpetratorOfAttack, Aubrey James Norvell]
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A.
Garrett McAuliffe
Garrett McAuliffe is a relatively obscure individual known primarily for sharing the McAuliffe surname rather than for widely documented public achievements.
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B.
Ethan Hendrickson
Ethan Hendrickson is a writer best known for his work on the song "American Boy."
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C.
Sage Kotsenburg
Sage Kotsenburg is an American snowboarder best known for winning the first-ever Olympic gold medal in men's slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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D.
Joshua Cordes
Joshua Cordes is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Skyline."
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E.
Carter Mulavey
Carter Mulavey is an actor known for appearing in the film "Where Is Everybody?".
- 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: Aubrey James Norvell Target entity description: Aubrey James Norvell is an American white supremacist best known for shooting and critically wounding civil rights activist James Meredith during the 1966 March Against Fear in Mississippi.
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A.
Garrett McAuliffe
Garrett McAuliffe is a relatively obscure individual known primarily for sharing the McAuliffe surname rather than for widely documented public achievements.
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B.
Ethan Hendrickson
Ethan Hendrickson is a writer best known for his work on the song "American Boy."
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C.
Sage Kotsenburg
Sage Kotsenburg is an American snowboarder best known for winning the first-ever Olympic gold medal in men's slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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D.
Joshua Cordes
Joshua Cordes is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Skyline."
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E.
Carter Mulavey
Carter Mulavey is an actor known for appearing in the film "Where Is Everybody?".
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American criminal
ⓘ
human ⓘ white supremacist ⓘ |
| charge | assault with intent to commit murder ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| crimeCommitted | attempted murder of James Meredith ⓘ |
| dateOfCrime | 1966-06-06 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | white American ⓘ |
| eventParticipatedIn | March Against Fear ⓘ |
| familyName | Norvell ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Aubrey ⓘ |
| historicalContext | civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ |
| ideology | white supremacy ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | convicted ⓘ |
| locationOfCrime |
Highway 51, Mississippi
ⓘ
near Hernando, Mississippi ⓘ |
| motive |
opposition to school desegregation
ⓘ
racial hatred toward African Americans ⓘ |
| name | Aubrey James Norvell ⓘ |
| notableFor |
1966 attack during the March Against Fear
ⓘ
shooting James Meredith ⓘ |
| numberOfShotsFired | three ⓘ |
| occupation | hardware store employee ⓘ |
| opposedMovement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Mississippi ⓘ |
| reasonTargetedPerson | James Meredith’s role in desegregating the University of Mississippi ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
Memphis, Tennessee
ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis
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| sentence | five years in prison ⓘ |
| servedTimeIn |
Mississippi state prison system
ⓘ
linked to:
Mississippi corrections system
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| targetedPerson | James Meredith ⓘ |
| usedWeapon | shotgun ⓘ |
| victim | James Meredith ⓘ |
| yearOfNotableCrime | 1966 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Aubrey James Norvell Description of subject: Aubrey James Norvell is an American white supremacist best known for shooting and critically wounding civil rights activist James Meredith during the 1966 March Against Fear in Mississippi.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.