Freedom Flights
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Freedom Flights were a major U.S.-organized airlift program from 1965 to 1973 that enabled hundreds of thousands of Cubans to leave Castro’s Cuba and resettle in the United States, profoundly shaping the Cuban American community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Freedom Flights canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Freedom Flights Context triple: [Cuban Americans, historicalMigrationWave, Freedom Flights]
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A.
Die Luft der Freiheit weht
"Die Luft der Freiheit weht" is the German-language motto of Stanford University, traditionally translated as "The wind of freedom blows" and expressing the institution’s spirit of intellectual and personal liberty.
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B.
Delta Connection
Delta Connection is the regional airline brand for Delta Air Lines, under which flights are operated by a network of contracted regional carriers.
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C.
FlyAway Bus
FlyAway Bus is an express shuttle service that provides direct, frequent connections between Los Angeles International Airport and key locations throughout the Los Angeles area.
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D.
Buffalo Express
Buffalo Express was a 19th-century Buffalo, New York newspaper best known for employing Mark Twain as an editor and writer.
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E.
The Spirit of St. Louis
The Spirit of St. Louis is Charles Lindbergh’s Pulitzer Prize–winning autobiographical account of his pioneering 1927 solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Freedom Flights Target entity description: Freedom Flights were a major U.S.-organized airlift program from 1965 to 1973 that enabled hundreds of thousands of Cubans to leave Castro’s Cuba and resettle in the United States, profoundly shaping the Cuban American community.
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A.
Die Luft der Freiheit weht
"Die Luft der Freiheit weht" is the German-language motto of Stanford University, traditionally translated as "The wind of freedom blows" and expressing the institution’s spirit of intellectual and personal liberty.
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B.
Delta Connection
Delta Connection is the regional airline brand for Delta Air Lines, under which flights are operated by a network of contracted regional carriers.
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C.
FlyAway Bus
FlyAway Bus is an express shuttle service that provides direct, frequent connections between Los Angeles International Airport and key locations throughout the Los Angeles area.
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D.
Buffalo Express
Buffalo Express was a 19th-century Buffalo, New York newspaper best known for employing Mark Twain as an editor and writer.
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E.
The Spirit of St. Louis
The Spirit of St. Louis is Charles Lindbergh’s Pulitzer Prize–winning autobiographical account of his pioneering 1927 solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airlift program
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refugee resettlement program ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfRefugeesTransported |
hundreds of thousands of Cubans
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over 260000 ⓘ |
| arrivalCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| departureCountry | Cuba ⓘ |
| effect |
contributed to growth of Cuban American diaspora
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expanded Cuban exile population in Miami ⓘ profoundly shaped the Cuban American community ⓘ |
| endTime | 1973 ⓘ |
| implementedDuringPresidencyOf |
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Richard Nixon ⓘ |
| languageOfParticipants | Spanish ⓘ |
| languageOfReceivingCountry | English ⓘ |
| legalStatusOfArrivals | refugees ⓘ |
| mainArrivalCity | Miami ⓘ |
| mainArrivalState | Florida ⓘ |
| mainDepartureCity |
Havana, Cuba
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surface form:
Havana
Varadero ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport |
chartered flights
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commercial aircraft ⓘ |
| negotiatingParties |
Cuban government
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United States government ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. government
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| notableDestinationCommunity |
Cuban Americans
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surface form:
Cuban exile community in Miami
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| organizer |
United States Department of State
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of State
Immigration and Naturalization Service ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States government ⓘ |
| partnerCountry | Cuba ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Cold War
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post-Cuban Revolution period ⓘ |
| purpose |
family reunification
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to allow Cubans to leave Castro’s Cuba ⓘ to resettle Cuban refugees in the United States ⓘ |
| receivingPopulation | Cuban Americans ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
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| relatedEvent |
Cuban Revolution
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Mariel boatlift ⓘ |
| relatedPolicy |
U.S. Cold War containment policy
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U.S. refugee and asylum policy toward Cubans ⓘ |
| startTime | 1965 ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
Cuban civilians
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Cuban families seeking reunification ⓘ Cuban political refugees ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | 1965–1973 ⓘ |
| typeOfMigration |
forced migration
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political migration ⓘ |
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Subject: Freedom Flights Description of subject: Freedom Flights were a major U.S.-organized airlift program from 1965 to 1973 that enabled hundreds of thousands of Cubans to leave Castro’s Cuba and resettle in the United States, profoundly shaping the Cuban American community.
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