Manning Marable
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Manning Marable was an influential American historian, political theorist, and public intellectual known for his scholarship on African American history, race, and social justice.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manning Marable canonical | 1 |
| Marable | 1 |
| William Manning Marable | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4094800 — 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: Manning Marable Context triple: [South End Press, hasAuthorPublished, Manning Marable]
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A.
Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz
Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz is one of the daughters of the late civil rights leader Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, known for preserving and promoting her parents’ legacy.
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B.
Richard Durham
Richard Durham was an influential African American writer and radio dramatist best known for his socially conscious scripts and biographical works, including the story that inspired the film "The Greatest" about Muhammad Ali.
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C.
Malcolm Shabazz
Malcolm Shabazz was the grandson of Malcolm X who became known for his troubled youth, including legal issues and his early death under suspicious circumstances in Mexico.
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D.
Malikah Shabazz
Malikah Shabazz was one of the daughters of civil rights leader Malcolm X, known for her work in preserving her father's legacy and for her involvement in various social and legal issues throughout her life.
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E.
Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver was an influential American writer, activist, and prominent leader in the Black Panther Party who became a key voice of the Black Power movement in the 1960s.
- 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: Manning Marable Target entity description: Manning Marable was an influential American historian, political theorist, and public intellectual known for his scholarship on African American history, race, and social justice.
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A.
Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz
Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz is one of the daughters of the late civil rights leader Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, known for preserving and promoting her parents’ legacy.
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B.
Richard Durham
Richard Durham was an influential African American writer and radio dramatist best known for his socially conscious scripts and biographical works, including the story that inspired the film "The Greatest" about Muhammad Ali.
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C.
Malcolm Shabazz
Malcolm Shabazz was the grandson of Malcolm X who became known for his troubled youth, including legal issues and his early death under suspicious circumstances in Mexico.
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D.
Malikah Shabazz
Malikah Shabazz was one of the daughters of civil rights leader Malcolm X, known for her work in preserving her father's legacy and for her involvement in various social and legal issues throughout her life.
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E.
Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver was an influential American writer, activist, and prominent leader in the Black Panther Party who became a key voice of the Black Power movement in the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African-American studies scholar
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historian ⓘ human ⓘ political theorist ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor’s degree
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Master’s degree ⓘ PhD ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Pulitzer Prize
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surface form:
Pulitzer Prize (posthumous)
Pulitzer Prize for History ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-05-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-04-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Earlham College
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University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| employer |
Colgate University
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Columbia University ⓘ Ohio State University ⓘ Tuskegee University ⓘ
surface form:
Tuskegee Institute
University of Colorado Boulder ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
|
| familyName |
Manning Marable
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Marable
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| fieldOfWork |
African-American history
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African-American studies ⓘ political theory ⓘ race relations ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| fullName |
Manning Marable
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
William Manning Marable
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| givenName |
Manning
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William ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of race and class in the United States
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public commentary on social justice and politics ⓘ scholarship on African-American history ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American Politics
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How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America ⓘ Living Black History: How Reimagining the African-American Past Can Remake America’s Racial Future ⓘ Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention ⓘ Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction in Black America, 1945–1990 ⓘ Speaking Truth to Power: Essays on Race, Resistance, and Radicalism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dayton, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| politicalAlignment |
democratic socialist
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left-wing ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Center for Contemporary Black History at Columbia University
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Founding Director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University ⓘ Professor of Public Affairs, History, and African-American Studies at Columbia University ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| researchInterest |
African-American politics
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Black radicalism ⓘ Malcolm X ⓘ civil rights movement ⓘ |
| spouse | Leith Mullings ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Manning Marable Description of subject: Manning Marable was an influential American historian, political theorist, and public intellectual known for his scholarship on African American history, race, and social justice.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
William Manning Marable
this entity surface form:
Marable