Resurrection City
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Resurrection City was a temporary encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., established in 1968 as part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign to dramatize and protest economic injustice in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Resurrection City canonical | 1 |
| Resurrection City, U.S.A. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T288748 — 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: Resurrection City Context triple: [Poor People’s Campaign, hasPart, Resurrection City]
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A.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a landmark 1963 civil rights demonstration in Washington, D.C., best known as the setting for Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and its pivotal role in advancing racial equality and economic justice in the United States.
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B.
Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was a coalition formed in 1961 in Albany, Georgia, that sought to desegregate the city and became an important early campaign in the broader American civil rights struggle.
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C.
Selma, Alabama
Selma, Alabama is a historic city best known as a pivotal center of the American civil rights movement, particularly for the 1965 voting rights marches.
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D.
Freedom Rides
The Freedom Rides were a series of nonviolent protests in 1961 in which interracial groups rode interstate buses into the segregated U.S. South to challenge and draw attention to the failure to enforce desegregation laws.
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E.
Birmingham campaign
The Birmingham campaign was a pivotal 1963 civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, marked by nonviolent protests against racial segregation that drew national attention and helped spur major civil rights legislation.
- 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: Resurrection City Target entity description: Resurrection City was a temporary encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., established in 1968 as part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign to dramatize and protest economic injustice in the United States.
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A.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a landmark 1963 civil rights demonstration in Washington, D.C., best known as the setting for Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and its pivotal role in advancing racial equality and economic justice in the United States.
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B.
Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was a coalition formed in 1961 in Albany, Georgia, that sought to desegregate the city and became an important early campaign in the broader American civil rights struggle.
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C.
Selma, Alabama
Selma, Alabama is a historic city best known as a pivotal center of the American civil rights movement, particularly for the 1965 voting rights marches.
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D.
Freedom Rides
The Freedom Rides were a series of nonviolent protests in 1961 in which interracial groups rode interstate buses into the segregated U.S. South to challenge and draw attention to the failure to enforce desegregation laws.
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E.
Birmingham campaign
The Birmingham campaign was a pivotal 1963 civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, marked by nonviolent protests against racial segregation that drew national attention and helped spur major civil rights legislation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights demonstration site
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protest encampment ⓘ temporary settlement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ralph Abernathy’s leadership after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death
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SCLC’s shift toward economic justice issues ⓘ |
| causeOfDestruction | eviction by authorities ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
civil rights histories and documentaries
ⓘ
historical exhibits on the Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ |
| context | post-assassination period of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| dissolved | 1968 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Resurrection City
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surface form:
Resurrection City, U.S.A.
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| hasCharacteristic |
built as a shantytown of wooden structures and tents
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multi-racial encampment ⓘ symbol of the fight against poverty ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff
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civil rights activists ⓘ poor people from across the United States ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to advocate for economic rights for poor Americans
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to dramatize economic injustice in the United States ⓘ to protest poverty in the United States ⓘ |
| hasSlogan | “A new and unsettling force” ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfProtest |
mass occupation of public space
ⓘ
nonviolent direct action ⓘ |
| hasWeatherCondition | heavy rain and mud during the encampment ⓘ |
| inception | 1968 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
National Mall
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| movement |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being cleared by police after weeks of occupation
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bringing thousands of poor people to live on the National Mall ⓘ linking civil rights to economic rights ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
economic inequality in the United States
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systemic racism in economic policy ⓘ |
| organizer |
Ralph Abernathy
ⓘ
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ |
| partOf | Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Poor People’s Campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Poor People’s March on Washington
mass demonstrations for economic justice ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Vietnam War era
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late 1960s United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Resurrection City Description of subject: Resurrection City was a temporary encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., established in 1968 as part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign to dramatize and protest economic injustice in the United States.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Resurrection City, U.S.A.