1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission
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The 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission was a state-appointed body in North Carolina tasked with investigating, documenting, and publicly acknowledging the causes, events, and legacy of the 1898 white supremacist coup and massacre in Wilmington.
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| 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission Context triple: [Wilmington insurrection of 1898, commemoratedBy, 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission]
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Hunter Commission
The Hunter Commission was a British-appointed committee of inquiry established in 1919 to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and related events in Punjab.
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Commission on Civil Rights
The Commission on Civil Rights is an independent U.S. federal agency tasked with investigating and reporting on civil rights issues, including discrimination and the protection of equal rights under the law.
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C.
Belmont Warrant Committee
The Belmont Warrant Committee is a local governmental advisory body in Belmont, Massachusetts that reviews and makes recommendations on the town’s budget and warrant articles for Town Meeting.
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D.
Wilmington insurrection of 1898
The Wilmington insurrection of 1898 was a violent white supremacist coup in Wilmington, North Carolina, in which elected Black and biracial city leaders were overthrown, Black residents were terrorized and killed, and a democratically elected government was replaced by white Democrats.
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E.
Committee on Civil Rights
The Committee on Civil Rights was a presidential advisory body established by Harry S. Truman to investigate civil rights issues in the United States and recommend federal actions to combat racial discrimination and segregation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission Target entity description: The 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission was a state-appointed body in North Carolina tasked with investigating, documenting, and publicly acknowledging the causes, events, and legacy of the 1898 white supremacist coup and massacre in Wilmington.
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A.
Hunter Commission
The Hunter Commission was a British-appointed committee of inquiry established in 1919 to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and related events in Punjab.
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B.
Commission on Civil Rights
The Commission on Civil Rights is an independent U.S. federal agency tasked with investigating and reporting on civil rights issues, including discrimination and the protection of equal rights under the law.
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C.
Belmont Warrant Committee
The Belmont Warrant Committee is a local governmental advisory body in Belmont, Massachusetts that reviews and makes recommendations on the town’s budget and warrant articles for Town Meeting.
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D.
Wilmington insurrection of 1898
The Wilmington insurrection of 1898 was a violent white supremacist coup in Wilmington, North Carolina, in which elected Black and biracial city leaders were overthrown, Black residents were terrorized and killed, and a democratically elected government was replaced by white Democrats.
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E.
Committee on Civil Rights
The Committee on Civil Rights was a presidential advisory body established by Harry S. Truman to investigate civil rights issues in the United States and recommend federal actions to combat racial discrimination and segregation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical commission
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state-appointed commission ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | North Carolina ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| follows | decades of limited official acknowledgment of the 1898 events ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
contributed to official recognition of the 1898 events as a coup d’état
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contributed to scholarship on racial violence and political overthrow in the U.S. ⓘ increased public awareness of the 1898 Wilmington coup and massacre ⓘ influenced public discussions of reparative measures in Wilmington ⓘ informed educational curricula about the 1898 events in North Carolina ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
acknowledge state and local roles in the 1898 white supremacist coup
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inform public policy regarding racial reconciliation in North Carolina ⓘ promote historical truth about the 1898 Wilmington events ⓘ provide a factual basis for public education about the 1898 Wilmington events ⓘ recognize the impact of the 1898 events on African American political power in North Carolina ⓘ |
| hasTask |
document the causes of the 1898 Wilmington coup and massacre
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document the events of the 1898 Wilmington coup and massacre ⓘ document the legacy of the 1898 Wilmington coup and massacre ⓘ investigate the 1898 Wilmington coup and massacre ⓘ make recommendations for memorialization of the 1898 Wilmington events ⓘ make recommendations for public education about the 1898 Wilmington events ⓘ produce an official report on the 1898 Wilmington events ⓘ publicly acknowledge the 1898 Wilmington coup and massacre ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
North Carolina
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Wilmington ⓘ
surface form:
Wilmington, North Carolina
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| mainSubject |
Wilmington insurrection of 1898
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surface form:
1898 Wilmington coup d’état
Wilmington insurrection of 1898 ⓘ
surface form:
1898 Wilmington massacre
racial discrimination in North Carolina history ⓘ white supremacist violence in Wilmington in 1898 ⓘ |
| significantEvent | publication of the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission Report ⓘ |
| subjectOf | official report on the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot ⓘ |
| topic |
Jim Crow era origins in North Carolina
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disenfranchisement of African American voters in North Carolina ⓘ economic impact of the 1898 coup on Black residents of Wilmington ⓘ history of Wilmington, North Carolina ⓘ media and propaganda in the 1898 white supremacist campaign ⓘ memory and commemoration of racial violence in the United States ⓘ political impact of the 1898 coup on North Carolina governance ⓘ racial violence in the post-Reconstruction South ⓘ white supremacy campaigns in North Carolina in the 1890s ⓘ |
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Subject: 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission Description of subject: The 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission was a state-appointed body in North Carolina tasked with investigating, documenting, and publicly acknowledging the causes, events, and legacy of the 1898 white supremacist coup and massacre in Wilmington.
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