1966 Meredith March Against Fear
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The 1966 Meredith March Against Fear was a pivotal civil rights demonstration in Mississippi that, after the shooting of organizer James Meredith, became a mass march and a key moment in the emergence and popularization of the Black Power movement.
All labels observed (1)
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| 1966 Meredith March Against Fear canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T370745 — 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: 1966 Meredith March Against Fear Context triple: [Black Power movement, hasKeyEvent, 1966 Meredith March Against Fear]
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A.
Selma to Montgomery marches
The Selma to Montgomery marches were a series of 1965 civil rights protests in Alabama that became pivotal in the struggle for African American voting rights and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was a 1964 campaign in Mississippi that mobilized civil rights activists to challenge racial segregation and disenfranchisement by registering Black voters and establishing community programs.
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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: 1966 Meredith March Against Fear Target entity description: The 1966 Meredith March Against Fear was a pivotal civil rights demonstration in Mississippi that, after the shooting of organizer James Meredith, became a mass march and a key moment in the emergence and popularization of the Black Power movement.
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A.
Selma to Montgomery marches
The Selma to Montgomery marches were a series of 1965 civil rights protests in Alabama that became pivotal in the struggle for African American voting rights and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was a 1964 campaign in Mississippi that mobilized civil rights activists to challenge racial segregation and disenfranchisement by registering Black voters and establishing community programs.
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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 (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights march
ⓘ
nonviolent demonstration ⓘ protest movement event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Meredith March
ⓘ
Meredith March Against Fear ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black Power movement
ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Rights Movement
|
| continuedBy |
Congress of Racial Equality
ⓘ
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endDate | 1966-06-26 ⓘ |
| followed | Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| hasCause | voter intimidation in Mississippi ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
emergence of the Black Power movement as a national force
ⓘ
increased national attention to Mississippi voter registration ⓘ mobilization of thousands of marchers across Mississippi ⓘ popularization of the slogan "Black Power" ⓘ |
| hasEndPoint | Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ |
| hasLocation | Mississippi ⓘ |
| hasOrganizer | James Meredith ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
CORE activists
ⓘ
Floyd McKissick ⓘ James Meredith ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ SCLC activists ⓘ SNCC activists ⓘ Stokely Carmichael ⓘ local Mississippi civil rights workers ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to challenge racial segregation and white supremacy in Mississippi
ⓘ
to encourage African Americans in Mississippi to register to vote ⓘ |
| hasStartPoint |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
|
| hasTheme |
Black self-determination
ⓘ
nonviolent protest ⓘ racial equality ⓘ voting rights ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent Black Power organizing in the United States ⓘ |
| mediaCoverageBy | national U.S. news media ⓘ |
| motto | March Against Fear ⓘ |
| notableSpeechBy | Stokely Carmichael ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
segregationist authorities in Mississippi
ⓘ
white supremacist groups in Mississippi ⓘ |
| organisedBy | James Meredith ⓘ |
| resultedIn | greater cooperation and tensions between civil rights organizations ⓘ |
| riskFactor | violence against civil rights activists in Mississippi ⓘ |
| significantEvent | shooting of James Meredith ⓘ |
| sloganUsed |
Black Power movement
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Power
|
| startDate | 1966-06-05 ⓘ |
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Subject: 1966 Meredith March Against Fear Description of subject: The 1966 Meredith March Against Fear was a pivotal civil rights demonstration in Mississippi that, after the shooting of organizer James Meredith, became a mass march and a key moment in the emergence and popularization of the Black Power movement.
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