Meredith March Against Fear
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The Meredith March Against Fear was a 1966 civil rights march in Mississippi, begun by James Meredith and continued by major civil rights organizations after he was shot, to challenge racial terror and promote Black voter registration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Meredith March Against Fear canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Meredith March Against Fear Context triple: [1966 Meredith March Against Fear, alsoKnownAs, Meredith March Against Fear]
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Three Women
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Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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Shirley
Shirley is an English surname of Old English origin that has also become a common given name.
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- 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meredith March Against Fear Target entity description: The Meredith March Against Fear was a 1966 civil rights march in Mississippi, begun by James Meredith and continued by major civil rights organizations after he was shot, to challenge racial terror and promote Black voter registration.
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A.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
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B.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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C.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is an English surname of Old English origin that has also become a common given name.
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E.
At the Mercy
"At the Mercy" is a reflective, piano-driven song by Paul McCartney from his 2005 album *Chaos and Creation in the Backyard*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights march
ⓘ
protest march ⓘ voting rights campaign ⓘ |
| aim |
to challenge racial terror in Mississippi
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to encourage African Americans to overcome fear of white supremacist violence ⓘ to promote Black voter registration ⓘ |
| approximateDistance | about 220 miles ⓘ |
| causeOf |
heightened national attention to racism in Mississippi
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increased Black voter registration in Mississippi ⓘ |
| continuedBy |
Congress of Racial Equality
ⓘ
NAACP ⓘ
surface form:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endLocation | Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ |
| hasContext | post–Voting Rights Act civil rights struggle in the Deep South ⓘ |
| hasDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| hasEndDate | 1966-06-26 ⓘ |
| hasEvent | shooting of James Meredith ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
daily rallies along the march route
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mass meetings in Mississippi towns ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
greater cooperation and tensions among civil rights groups
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increased visibility of SNCC's Black Power stance ⓘ mobilization of thousands of marchers by the end of the march ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Floyd McKissick
ⓘ
James Meredith ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Roy Wilkins ⓘ Stokely Carmichael ⓘ |
| hasStartDate | 1966-06-05 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mississippi ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being continued after James Meredith was shot
ⓘ
bringing major civil rights organizations together ⓘ popularizing the slogan "Black Power" ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
segregationists in Mississippi
ⓘ
white supremacist groups ⓘ |
| organizer | James Meredith ⓘ |
| precededBy | Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Black Power movement
ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Rights Movement
Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| routeThrough |
Canton, Mississippi
ⓘ
Grenada, Mississippi ⓘ Hernando, Mississippi ⓘ |
| slogan | March Against Fear ⓘ |
| startLocation |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
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