Henry Winston
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Henry Winston was an American communist leader and civil rights activist who served as a prominent chairman of the Communist Party USA during the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry Winston canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3202397 — 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: Henry Winston Context triple: [Communist Party USA, notableMember, Henry Winston]
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A.
Winston Roy Followill
Winston Roy Followill is the son of American model Lily Aldridge and Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill.
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B.
Charles Webb
Charles Webb was an American novelist best known for writing the 1963 novel that became the basis for the iconic film "The Graduate."
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C.
Peter Hunter
Peter Hunter was a British army officer and colonial administrator who served as a key governing figure in early Upper Canada at the turn of the 19th century.
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D.
George Harvey
George Harvey was an influential American journalist, editor, and diplomat best known for his leadership of major periodicals and his role as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom in the early 20th century.
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E.
William Handyside
William Handyside was a 19th-century Scottish civil engineer best known for overseeing the construction of major projects in Russia, including the Alexander Column in Saint Petersburg.
- 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: Henry Winston Target entity description: Henry Winston was an American communist leader and civil rights activist who served as a prominent chairman of the Communist Party USA during the mid-20th century.
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A.
Winston Roy Followill
Winston Roy Followill is the son of American model Lily Aldridge and Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill.
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B.
Charles Webb
Charles Webb was an American novelist best known for writing the 1963 novel that became the basis for the iconic film "The Graduate."
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C.
Peter Hunter
Peter Hunter was a British army officer and colonial administrator who served as a key governing figure in early Upper Canada at the turn of the 19th century.
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D.
George Harvey
George Harvey was an influential American journalist, editor, and diplomat best known for his leadership of major periodicals and his role as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom in the early 20th century.
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E.
William Handyside
William Handyside was a 19th-century Scottish civil engineer best known for overseeing the construction of major projects in Russia, including the Alexander Column in Saint Petersburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American communist leader
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civil rights activist ⓘ communist ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
peace and anti-imperialism
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racial equality ⓘ workers' rights ⓘ |
| allyOf |
Communist Party USA
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surface form:
Communist Party USA leadership
Gus Hall ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | brain tumor ⓘ |
| convictedOf | violating the Smith Act ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1911-04-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1986-12-13 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Winston ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry ⓘ |
| ideologicalInfluence |
Frederick Douglass
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Karl Marx ⓘ Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| imprisonedBy |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
|
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Communist Party USA ⓘ |
| movement |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
American communist movement ⓘ |
| name | Henry Winston self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent | arrest and conviction under the Smith Act in the early 1950s ⓘ |
| notableFor |
civil rights activism
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leadership in the Communist Party USA ⓘ opposition to racism and segregation ⓘ |
| occupation |
party organizer
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political leader ⓘ |
| opposed |
Jim Crow laws
ⓘ
McCarthyism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
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surface form:
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| politicalIdeology |
Marxism–Leninism
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communism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Chairman of the Communist Party USA ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| subjectOf | FBI surveillance during the Cold War ⓘ |
| workedOn | building alliances between Black liberation and labor movements ⓘ |
| wrote |
Class, Race, and Black Liberation
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Strategy for a Black Agenda ⓘ The Meaning of Black Revolt ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Henry Winston Description of subject: Henry Winston was an American communist leader and civil rights activist who served as a prominent chairman of the Communist Party USA during the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.