Spottswood W. Robinson III
E116719
Spottswood W. Robinson III was a prominent civil rights attorney and federal judge who played a key role in the legal battles that led to school desegregation in the United States.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spottswood Robinson III | 1 |
| Spottswood W. Robinson III canonical | 1 |
| Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Federal Courthouse named in his honor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T655514 — 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: Spottswood W. Robinson III Context triple: [Briggs v. Elliott, NAACPLegalTeamInvolved, Spottswood W. Robinson III]
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A.
Robert L. Carter
Robert L. Carter was a prominent American civil rights attorney and later federal judge who played a key role in the NAACP’s legal campaign against school segregation, including work on the cases that led to Brown v. Board of Education.
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B.
Roy Wilkins
Roy Wilkins was a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime NAACP executive director who played a central role in the mid-20th-century struggle for racial equality.
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C.
Reginald C. Lewis
Reginald C. Lewis was an American professional basketball player who starred for the Boston Celtics in the late 1980s and early 1990s before his career was tragically cut short by his sudden death.
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D.
Robert Barisford Brown
Robert Barisford Brown is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and dancer best known as a member of New Edition and for his successful solo career in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
Whitney Young
Whitney Young was a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime head of the National Urban League, known for his pragmatic, behind-the-scenes efforts to combat racial inequality and expand economic opportunities for Black Americans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Spottswood W. Robinson III Target entity description: Spottswood W. Robinson III was a prominent civil rights attorney and federal judge who played a key role in the legal battles that led to school desegregation in the United States.
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A.
Robert L. Carter
Robert L. Carter was a prominent American civil rights attorney and later federal judge who played a key role in the NAACP’s legal campaign against school segregation, including work on the cases that led to Brown v. Board of Education.
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B.
Roy Wilkins
Roy Wilkins was a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime NAACP executive director who played a central role in the mid-20th-century struggle for racial equality.
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C.
Reginald C. Lewis
Reginald C. Lewis was an American professional basketball player who starred for the Boston Celtics in the late 1980s and early 1990s before his career was tragically cut short by his sudden death.
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D.
Robert Barisford Brown
Robert Barisford Brown is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and dancer best known as a member of New Edition and for his successful solo career in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
Whitney Young
Whitney Young was a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime head of the National Urban League, known for his pragmatic, behind-the-scenes efforts to combat racial inequality and expand economic opportunities for Black Americans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights attorney
ⓘ
federal judge ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Charles Hamilton Houston ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ |
| barAdmission |
District of Columbia Bar
ⓘ
Virginia Bar ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1916-07-26 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Richmond, Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Richmond, Virginia, United States
|
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1998-10-11 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Richmond, Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Richmond, Virginia, United States
|
| educatedAt |
Howard University School of Law
ⓘ
Virginia Union University ⓘ |
| employer |
Howard University School of Law
ⓘ
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ |
| endTime |
1966
ⓘ
1986 ⓘ 1989 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Robinson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | civil rights law ⓘ |
| fullName | Spottswood William Robinson III ⓘ |
| givenName | Spottswood ⓘ |
| graduatedWithDegree | LL.B. from Howard University School of Law ⓘ |
| honor |
Spottswood W. Robinson III
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Federal Courthouse named in his honor
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| knownFor |
arguing Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
ⓘ
litigating school desegregation cases ⓘ participation in Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| legacy | pioneer in dismantling legal segregation in public education in the United States ⓘ |
| memberOf | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first African American appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
ⓘ
first African American to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brown v. Board of Education
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Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ faculty member at Howard University School of Law ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| spouse | Marian A. Robinson ⓘ |
| startTime |
1964
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1966 ⓘ 1981 ⓘ |
| workedOn |
civil rights litigation in Virginia
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school desegregation cases in Prince Edward County, Virginia ⓘ |
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Subject: Spottswood W. Robinson III Description of subject: Spottswood W. Robinson III was a prominent civil rights attorney and federal judge who played a key role in the legal battles that led to school desegregation in the United States.
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