The Ballad of Birmingham
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The Ballad of Birmingham is a powerful civil rights-era poem by Dudley Randall that mournfully recounts the 1963 bombing of a Black church in Birmingham, Alabama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Ballad of Birmingham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14648946 — 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 Ballad of Birmingham Context triple: [Dudley Randall, notableWork, The Ballad of Birmingham]
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A.
4 Little Girls
4 Little Girls is a 1997 documentary film by Spike Lee that examines the 1963 Birmingham church bombing and its impact on the civil rights movement.
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B.
Oh, Mother of Mine
"Oh, Mother of Mine" is an early soul single by The Temptations that showcases the group's formative Motown sound and harmonies.
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C.
God Bless the Child
"God Bless the Child" is a classic jazz and blues standard, co-written and famously performed by Billie Holiday, known for its poignant lyrics about financial independence and emotional resilience.
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D.
Strange Fruit
"Strange Fruit" is a haunting protest song, most famously performed by Billie Holiday, that powerfully condemns the lynching of Black Americans in the United States.
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E.
Oh, Sister
"Oh, Sister" is a song by the American punk rock band Desire.
- 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 Ballad of Birmingham Target entity description: The Ballad of Birmingham is a powerful civil rights-era poem by Dudley Randall that mournfully recounts the 1963 bombing of a Black church in Birmingham, Alabama.
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A.
4 Little Girls
4 Little Girls is a 1997 documentary film by Spike Lee that examines the 1963 Birmingham church bombing and its impact on the civil rights movement.
-
B.
Oh, Mother of Mine
"Oh, Mother of Mine" is an early soul single by The Temptations that showcases the group's formative Motown sound and harmonies.
-
C.
God Bless the Child
"God Bless the Child" is a classic jazz and blues standard, co-written and famously performed by Billie Holiday, known for its poignant lyrics about financial independence and emotional resilience.
-
D.
Strange Fruit
"Strange Fruit" is a haunting protest song, most famously performed by Billie Holiday, that powerfully condemns the lynching of Black Americans in the United States.
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E.
Oh, Sister
"Oh, Sister" is a song by the American punk rock band Desire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.