The Grace of Silence
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The Grace of Silence is a memoir by journalist Michele Norris that explores race, family history, and the unspoken legacies of the civil rights era in America.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Grace of Silence canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10973836 — 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: The Grace of Silence Context triple: [Michele Norris, notableWork, The Grace of Silence]
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A.
Table of Silence
Table of Silence is a modernist stone sculpture by Constantin Brâncuși, created as part of a memorial ensemble in Târgu Jiu, Romania, to honor those who died in World War I.
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B.
Admiring Silence
Admiring Silence is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah that explores themes of exile, identity, and cultural dislocation through the experiences of a Zanzibari man living in England.
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C.
The Roaring Silence
The Roaring Silence is a 1976 rock album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, best known for featuring their hit cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light."
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D.
A Stillness
"A Stillness" is a musical work by British composer Michael Price, known for his atmospheric and emotionally resonant contemporary classical style.
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E.
Valley of Silence
The Valley of Silence is a high glacial valley on Mount Everest, renowned as the Western Cwm on the standard South Col climbing route.
- 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: The Grace of Silence Target entity description: The Grace of Silence is a memoir by journalist Michele Norris that explores race, family history, and the unspoken legacies of the civil rights era in America.
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A.
Table of Silence
Table of Silence is a modernist stone sculpture by Constantin Brâncuși, created as part of a memorial ensemble in Târgu Jiu, Romania, to honor those who died in World War I.
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B.
Admiring Silence
Admiring Silence is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah that explores themes of exile, identity, and cultural dislocation through the experiences of a Zanzibari man living in England.
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C.
The Roaring Silence
The Roaring Silence is a 1976 rock album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, best known for featuring their hit cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light."
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D.
A Stillness
"A Stillness" is a musical work by British composer Michael Price, known for his atmospheric and emotionally resonant contemporary classical style.
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E.
Valley of Silence
The Valley of Silence is a high glacial valley on Mount Everest, renowned as the Western Cwm on the standard South Col climbing route.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ |
| about |
Michele Norris's family
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unspoken legacies of the civil rights era ⓘ |
| author | Michele Norris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorAffiliation | National Public Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOccupation | journalist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresTheme |
American social history
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family secrets ⓘ personal discovery ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ silence as a coping mechanism ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Pantheon design department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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e-book ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780307373096 ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
African American families
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Jim Crow era legacies ⓘ media and race ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general adult readers ⓘ |
| isWrittenBy | Michele Norris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | autobiographical narrative ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American history
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civil rights movement ⓘ family history ⓘ identity ⓘ intergenerational trauma ⓘ memory ⓘ race in the United States ⓘ segregation in the United States ⓘ silence about race ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
discussion of hidden family stories from the civil rights era
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exploration of race and silence in American families ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | Pantheon Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| timePeriodCovered |
20th century United States
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21st century United States ⓘ civil rights era ⓘ |
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