Amelia Boynton Robinson
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Amelia Boynton Robinson was a pioneering African American civil rights activist whose leadership in Selma, Alabama, helped spark the Voting Rights Movement and contributed to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amelia Boynton Robinson canonical | 12 |
| Amelia Boynton | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T226064 — 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: Amelia Boynton Robinson Context triple: [Selma to Montgomery marches, participant, Amelia Boynton Robinson]
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A.
Jo Ann Robinson
Jo Ann Robinson was a civil rights activist and educator who played a pivotal organizing role in initiating and sustaining the Montgomery bus boycott.
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B.
Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer was a prominent American civil rights leader and voting rights activist known for her powerful grassroots organizing in Mississippi and her role in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
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C.
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who played a key role in advancing racial and gender equality and preserving the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
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D.
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, became a pivotal symbol of the struggle against racial segregation.
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E.
Diane Nash
Diane Nash is an influential American civil rights leader known for her pivotal role in the Nashville sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, and the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
- 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: Amelia Boynton Robinson Target entity description: Amelia Boynton Robinson was a pioneering African American civil rights activist whose leadership in Selma, Alabama, helped spark the Voting Rights Movement and contributed to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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A.
Jo Ann Robinson
Jo Ann Robinson was a civil rights activist and educator who played a pivotal organizing role in initiating and sustaining the Montgomery bus boycott.
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B.
Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer was a prominent American civil rights leader and voting rights activist known for her powerful grassroots organizing in Mississippi and her role in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
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C.
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who played a key role in advancing racial and gender equality and preserving the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
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D.
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, became a pivotal symbol of the struggle against racial segregation.
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E.
Diane Nash
Diane Nash is an influential American civil rights leader known for her pivotal role in the Nashville sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, and the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights activist
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human ⓘ voting rights activist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize
ⓘ
surface form:
Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Medal
|
| collaboratedWith |
Hosea Williams
ⓘ
John Lewis ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1911-08-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2015-08-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Savannah State University
ⓘ
surface form:
Savannah State College
Tennessee State University ⓘ
surface form:
Tennessee State Agricultural and Industrial College
Tuskegee University ⓘ
surface form:
Tuskegee Institute
|
| ethnicGroup | African American ⓘ |
| familyName |
Boynton
ⓘ
Robinson ⓘ |
| givenName | Amelia ⓘ |
| hasCause |
desegregation
ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ voting rights ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | real estate agent in Selma, Alabama ⓘ |
| imageDepicts | being beaten and left unconscious on Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday ⓘ |
| influenced |
expansion of African American voter registration in Alabama
ⓘ
national support for federal voting rights legislation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for African American voting rights
ⓘ
role in passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| memberOf | Dallas County Voters League ⓘ |
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | one of the first African American women to run for Congress in Alabama ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965)
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surface form:
Bloody Sunday (1965)
Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership in the Selma voting rights campaign ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
civil rights leader ⓘ educator ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Selma to Montgomery marches
ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
Voting Rights Movement
|
| placeOfBirth |
Savannah
ⓘ
surface form:
Savannah, Georgia
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| placeOfBurial | Alabama ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| ranForOffice |
United States House of Representatives seat from Alabama
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama
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| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Selma, Alabama ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Samuel William Boynton ⓘ |
| workedAt |
United States Department of Agriculture
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surface form:
U.S. Department of Agriculture (as a home demonstration agent)
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Amelia Boynton Robinson Description of subject: Amelia Boynton Robinson was a pioneering African American civil rights activist whose leadership in Selma, Alabama, helped spark the Voting Rights Movement and contributed to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Referenced by (13)
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this entity surface form:
Amelia Boynton