Hubert Gerold Brown
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Hubert Gerold Brown, better known as H. Rap Brown, is an American civil rights activist and former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who became a prominent figure in the Black Power movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hubert Gerold Brown canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2451368 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hubert Gerold Brown Context triple: [H. Rap Brown, birthName, Hubert Gerold Brown]
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Edwin J. Houston
Edwin J. Houston was an American electrical engineer, inventor, and educator who co-founded General Electric and made significant contributions to the development and popularization of electrical power systems.
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B.
Charles O. Holliday Jr.
Charles O. Holliday Jr. is an American business executive best known for serving as CEO and chairman of DuPont and later as chairman of Royal Dutch Shell.
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C.
Big Jim Wright
Big Jim Wright was an American songwriter, producer, and musician best known for his extensive collaborations with artists like Mariah Carey and Sounds of Blackness in R&B and gospel music.
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D.
Wilmer C. Butler
Wilmer C. Butler, better known as Bill Butler, was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on films such as "Jaws," "Rocky II–IV," and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest."
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E.
Willie S. Griggs
Willie S. Griggs was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Griggs v. Duke Power Co., which established the doctrine of disparate impact in employment discrimination law.
- 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: Hubert Gerold Brown Target entity description: Hubert Gerold Brown, better known as H. Rap Brown, is an American civil rights activist and former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who became a prominent figure in the Black Power movement.
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A.
Edwin J. Houston
Edwin J. Houston was an American electrical engineer, inventor, and educator who co-founded General Electric and made significant contributions to the development and popularization of electrical power systems.
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B.
Charles O. Holliday Jr.
Charles O. Holliday Jr. is an American business executive best known for serving as CEO and chairman of DuPont and later as chairman of Royal Dutch Shell.
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C.
Big Jim Wright
Big Jim Wright was an American songwriter, producer, and musician best known for his extensive collaborations with artists like Mariah Carey and Sounds of Blackness in R&B and gospel music.
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D.
Wilmer C. Butler
Wilmer C. Butler, better known as Bill Butler, was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on films such as "Jaws," "Rocky II–IV," and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest."
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E.
Willie S. Griggs
Willie S. Griggs was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Griggs v. Duke Power Co., which established the doctrine of disparate impact in employment discrimination law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Black Power activist
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civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ political prisoner ⓘ |
| activeIn | 1960s American civil rights politics ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
H. Rap Brown
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Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Islam ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-10-04 ⓘ |
| era |
20th-century United States history
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21st-century United States history ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fiery oratory
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leadership in the Black Power movement ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ |
| movement |
Black Power movement
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American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
Civil rights movement
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| name | Hubert Gerold Brown self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
indicted under the 1968 federal Anti-Riot Act
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served as SNCC chairman after Stokely Carmichael ⓘ |
| notableWork | Die Nigger Die! ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
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author ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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surface form:
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
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| placeOfImprisonment |
Georgia State Prison
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surface form:
Georgia State Prison system
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| politicalAlignment | Black nationalism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence |
Atlanta
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surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia (historical)
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| spouse | Karima Al-Amin ⓘ |
| subjectOf | FBI surveillance during COINTELPRO ⓘ |
| wasArrestedFor | shooting of two Fulton County sheriff’s deputies ⓘ |
| wasConvictedOf |
aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer
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murder of a law enforcement officer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hubert Gerold Brown Description of subject: Hubert Gerold Brown, better known as H. Rap Brown, is an American civil rights activist and former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who became a prominent figure in the Black Power movement.
Referenced by (3)
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