Pauli Murray
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Pauli Murray was a pioneering American civil rights lawyer, feminist, Episcopal priest, and legal scholar whose work profoundly influenced both the civil rights and women’s rights movements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pauli Murray canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1194053 — 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: Pauli Murray Context triple: [Howard University School of Law, notableAlumnus, Pauli Murray]
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A.
Annie Lee Cooper
Annie Lee Cooper was a prominent African American civil rights activist known for her courageous efforts to secure voting rights for Black citizens in Selma, Alabama.
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B.
Josephine Stovall
Josephine Stovall was the wife of James V. Forrestal, the first United States Secretary of Defense.
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C.
Lotus Thompson
Lotus Thompson was an Australian-born silent film actress who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions during the 1920s.
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D.
Marguerite Erskine Walker
Marguerite Erskine Walker was the wife of American inventor and industrialist George Westinghouse and a prominent Pittsburgh social figure and philanthropist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter is an American businesswoman, philanthropist, and former U.S. ambassador who has held prominent leadership roles in major humanitarian and civic organizations.
- 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: Pauli Murray Target entity description: Pauli Murray was a pioneering American civil rights lawyer, feminist, Episcopal priest, and legal scholar whose work profoundly influenced both the civil rights and women’s rights movements.
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A.
Annie Lee Cooper
Annie Lee Cooper was a prominent African American civil rights activist known for her courageous efforts to secure voting rights for Black citizens in Selma, Alabama.
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B.
Josephine Stovall
Josephine Stovall was the wife of James V. Forrestal, the first United States Secretary of Defense.
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C.
Lotus Thompson
Lotus Thompson was an Australian-born silent film actress who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions during the 1920s.
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D.
Marguerite Erskine Walker
Marguerite Erskine Walker was the wife of American inventor and industrialist George Westinghouse and a prominent Pittsburgh social figure and philanthropist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter is an American businesswoman, philanthropist, and former U.S. ambassador who has held prominent leadership roles in major humanitarian and civic organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Episcopal priest
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author ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ feminist ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ poet ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
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surface form:
Brooklyn, New York, United States
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| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1910-11-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1985-07-01 ⓘ |
| degree |
Bachelor of Arts from Hunter College
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Bachelor of Laws from Howard University School of Law ⓘ Doctor of Juridical Science from Yale Law School ⓘ Master of Laws from University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Howard University School of Law
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Hunter College ⓘ Boalt Hall School of Law ⓘ
surface form:
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Yale Law School ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| fieldOfWork |
civil rights law
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constitutional law ⓘ feminist theory ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| fullName | Anna Pauline Murray ⓘ |
| givenName | Anna ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Thurgood Marshall ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coining the term "Jane Crow" for sex discrimination
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developing legal arguments against racial segregation ⓘ influencing Brown v. Board of Education legal strategy ⓘ |
| memberOf |
NAACP
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surface form:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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| movement |
American civil rights movement
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surface form:
civil rights movement
feminist movement ⓘ women's rights movement ⓘ |
| nickname | Pauli ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first African American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dark Testament and Other Poems
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Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family ⓘ Song in a Weary Throat: An American Pilgrimage ⓘ States' Laws on Race and Color ⓘ |
| occupation |
Episcopal priest
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civil rights lawyer ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ poet ⓘ professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| ordinationDate | 1977-01-08 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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surface form:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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| positionHeld | professor of American studies at Brandeis University ⓘ |
| raisedIn |
Durham, North Carolina
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surface form:
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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| religion | Episcopal Church ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Brandeis University ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pauli Murray Description of subject: Pauli Murray was a pioneering American civil rights lawyer, feminist, Episcopal priest, and legal scholar whose work profoundly influenced both the civil rights and women’s rights movements.
Referenced by (3)
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