Ida Mae Brandon Gladney
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Ida Mae Brandon Gladney was an African American woman whose migration from the Jim Crow South to the North is one of the key personal narratives chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s historical study of the Great Migration, *The Warmth of Other Suns*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ida Mae Brandon Gladney canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1315905 — 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: Ida Mae Brandon Gladney Context triple: [The Warmth of Other Suns, centralFigure, Ida Mae Brandon Gladney]
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A.
Arvilla Knight
Arvilla Knight was the wife of California Governor Goodwin Knight and served as the state's First Lady during his administration.
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B.
Lucille Campbell Green
Lucille Campbell Green was an educator and civil rights activist best known as the wife and partner of prominent labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph.
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C.
Leola Brown
Leola Brown was the wife of Oliver Brown, the named plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education.
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D.
Ettie R. Garner
Ettie R. Garner was the wife of John Nance Garner, the 32nd vice president of the United States, and served as his political partner and supporter throughout his long career in public office.
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E.
Della Mae Jones
Della Mae Jones was the woman who married Robert Stroud, the infamous "Birdman of Alcatraz," during his imprisonment.
- 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: Ida Mae Brandon Gladney Target entity description: Ida Mae Brandon Gladney was an African American woman whose migration from the Jim Crow South to the North is one of the key personal narratives chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s historical study of the Great Migration, *The Warmth of Other Suns*.
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A.
Arvilla Knight
Arvilla Knight was the wife of California Governor Goodwin Knight and served as the state's First Lady during his administration.
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B.
Lucille Campbell Green
Lucille Campbell Green was an educator and civil rights activist best known as the wife and partner of prominent labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph.
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C.
Leola Brown
Leola Brown was the wife of Oliver Brown, the named plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education.
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D.
Ettie R. Garner
Ettie R. Garner was the wife of John Nance Garner, the 32nd vice president of the United States, and served as his political partner and supporter throughout his long career in public office.
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E.
Della Mae Jones
Della Mae Jones was the woman who married Robert Stroud, the infamous "Birdman of Alcatraz," during his imprisonment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
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person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| depictedIn | The Warmth of Other Suns ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| experience |
economic exploitation under sharecropping
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racial segregation in the American South ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | sharecropper ⓘ |
| livedDuring |
Jim Crow laws
ⓘ
surface form:
Jim Crow era in the United States
|
| migratedFrom | Mississippi ⓘ |
| migratedTo | Chicago ⓘ |
| migrationMotivation |
escape from racial violence and oppression in the South
ⓘ
search for better economic opportunities in the North ⓘ |
| movement |
Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
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surface form:
Great Migration
|
| narrativeRole | representative of rural Black southerners in the Great Migration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a central narrative in Isabel Wilkerson’s The Warmth of Other Suns
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participation in the Great Migration ⓘ |
| notableWork | life story chronicled in The Warmth of Other Suns ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
American South (mid-20th century civil rights era)
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surface form:
Jim Crow South
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| portrayedBy | Isabel Wilkerson as one of three main protagonists in The Warmth of Other Suns ⓘ |
| residence |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
Northern United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | George Gladney ⓘ |
| subjectOf | The Warmth of Other Suns ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ida Mae Brandon Gladney Description of subject: Ida Mae Brandon Gladney was an African American woman whose migration from the Jim Crow South to the North is one of the key personal narratives chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s historical study of the Great Migration, *The Warmth of Other Suns*.
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