Benjamin Mays
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Benjamin Mays was an influential American minister, educator, and civil rights leader who served as president of Morehouse College and mentored Martin Luther King Jr.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Elijah Mays | 1 |
| Benjamin Mays canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3583893 — 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: Benjamin Mays Context triple: [South-View Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, Benjamin Mays]
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A.
Robert Russa Moton
Robert Russa Moton was an influential African American educator and leader who succeeded Booker T. Washington as principal of the Tuskegee Institute in the early 20th century.
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B.
Moncure Daniel Conway
Moncure Daniel Conway was a 19th-century American abolitionist, writer, and freethinker known for his advocacy of social reform, religious liberalism, and anti-slavery causes.
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C.
Joseph Franklin Fulks
Joseph Franklin Fulks was an early NBA star and Hall of Fame forward for the Philadelphia Warriors, known as one of professional basketball’s first great scorers.
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D.
Whitney Young
Whitney Young was a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime head of the National Urban League, known for his pragmatic, behind-the-scenes efforts to combat racial inequality and expand economic opportunities for Black Americans.
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E.
Horace Cayton
Horace Cayton was an influential African American sociologist, journalist, and author whose work documented Black urban life and helped shape the intellectual landscape of the Chicago Black Renaissance.
- 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: Benjamin Mays Target entity description: Benjamin Mays was an influential American minister, educator, and civil rights leader who served as president of Morehouse College and mentored Martin Luther King Jr.
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A.
Robert Russa Moton
Robert Russa Moton was an influential African American educator and leader who succeeded Booker T. Washington as principal of the Tuskegee Institute in the early 20th century.
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B.
Moncure Daniel Conway
Moncure Daniel Conway was a 19th-century American abolitionist, writer, and freethinker known for his advocacy of social reform, religious liberalism, and anti-slavery causes.
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C.
Joseph Franklin Fulks
Joseph Franklin Fulks was an early NBA star and Hall of Fame forward for the Philadelphia Warriors, known as one of professional basketball’s first great scorers.
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D.
Whitney Young
Whitney Young was a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime head of the National Urban League, known for his pragmatic, behind-the-scenes efforts to combat racial inequality and expand economic opportunities for Black Americans.
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E.
Horace Cayton
Horace Cayton was an influential African American sociologist, journalist, and author whose work documented Black urban life and helped shape the intellectual landscape of the Chicago Black Renaissance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights leader
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educator ⓘ human ⓘ minister ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Spingarn Medal ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
Atlanta public schools
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlanta Board of Education
|
| burialPlace |
Morehouse College
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surface form:
Morehouse College campus
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1894-08-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1984-03-28 ⓘ |
| degree |
B.A. from Bates College
ⓘ
Ph.D. from the University of Chicago ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bates College (in Lewiston)
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surface form:
Bates College
University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | Morehouse College ⓘ |
| endTime | 1967 (presidency of Morehouse College) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Mays ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights activism
ⓘ
education ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| fullName |
Benjamin Mays
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Benjamin Elijah Mays
|
| genre | autobiography ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin ⓘ |
| influenced | Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
NAACP
ⓘ
surface form:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
|
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for nonviolent social change
ⓘ
leadership in African-American higher education ⓘ mentoring civil rights leaders ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| notableWork | Born to Rebel ⓘ |
| occupation |
Baptist minister
ⓘ
author ⓘ college president ⓘ educator ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Ninety Six District, South Carolina
ⓘ
surface form:
Ninety Six, South Carolina, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
Atlanta
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surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Atlanta Board of Education
ⓘ
President of Morehouse College ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Atlanta
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surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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| spouse | Sadie Gray Mays ⓘ |
| startTime | 1940 (presidency of Morehouse College) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Benjamin Mays Description of subject: Benjamin Mays was an influential American minister, educator, and civil rights leader who served as president of Morehouse College and mentored Martin Luther King Jr.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
South-View Cemetery
this entity surface form:
Benjamin Elijah Mays