Annie Lee Cooper
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Annie Lee Cooper was a prominent African American civil rights activist known for her courageous efforts to secure voting rights for Black citizens in Selma, Alabama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Annie Lee Cooper canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T306219 — 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: Annie Lee Cooper Context triple: [Selma (2014 film), mainCharacter, Annie Lee Cooper]
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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.
Daisy Bates
Daisy Bates was a prominent civil rights activist and journalist who played a key leadership role in guiding and supporting the Little Rock Nine during the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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C.
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).
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D.
Ella Baker
Ella Baker was a prominent African American civil rights leader and grassroots organizer who championed participatory democracy and helped shape major organizations like the NAACP, SCLC, and SNCC.
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E.
Lotus Thompson
Lotus Thompson was an Australian-born silent film actress who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions during the 1920s.
- 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: Annie Lee Cooper Target entity description: Annie Lee Cooper was a prominent African American civil rights activist known for her courageous efforts to secure voting rights for Black citizens in Selma, Alabama.
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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.
Daisy Bates
Daisy Bates was a prominent civil rights activist and journalist who played a key leadership role in guiding and supporting the Little Rock Nine during the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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C.
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).
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D.
Ella Baker
Ella Baker was a prominent African American civil rights leader and grassroots organizer who championed participatory democracy and helped shape major organizations like the NAACP, SCLC, and SNCC.
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E.
Lotus Thompson
Lotus Thompson was an Australian-born silent film actress who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions during the 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights activist
ⓘ
human ⓘ voting rights activist ⓘ |
| advocatedFor | enforcement of the Voting Rights Act ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 100 ⓘ |
| cause | African American voting rights ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1910-06-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-11-24 ⓘ |
| era | 1960s United States civil rights era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African American ⓘ |
| event | Selma voting rights campaign ⓘ |
| familyName | Cooper ⓘ |
| givenName | Annie ⓘ |
| hasRepresentationIn |
Selma (2014 film)
ⓘ
surface form:
film "Selma"
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| knownFor |
attempting to register to vote multiple times in Selma
ⓘ
confrontation with Dallas County Sheriff Jim Clark ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Kentucky
ⓘ
surface form:
Kentucky, United States
Ohio ⓘ
surface form:
Ohio, United States
|
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableEvent | struck Sheriff Jim Clark during 1965 protest in Selma ⓘ |
| notableFor |
participation in Selma to Montgomery voting rights campaign
ⓘ
voting rights activism in Selma, Alabama ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
ⓘ
nursing home employee ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Selma to Montgomery marches
ⓘ
voter registration drives in Selma ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Selma, Alabama
ⓘ
surface form:
Selma, Alabama, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
Selma, Alabama
ⓘ
surface form:
Selma, Alabama, United States
|
| portrayedBy | Oprah Winfrey ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Selma, Alabama
ⓘ
surface form:
Selma, Alabama, United States
|
| returnedTo |
Selma, Alabama
ⓘ
surface form:
Selma, Alabama, United States
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numerous articles on Selma voting rights struggle ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Annie Lee Cooper Description of subject: Annie Lee Cooper was a prominent African American civil rights activist known for her courageous efforts to secure voting rights for Black citizens in Selma, Alabama.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.