Timuel Black
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Timuel Black was an influential African American historian, educator, and civil rights activist from Chicago, known for his work documenting Black history and organizing for social justice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Timuel Black canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5766107 — 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: Timuel Black Context triple: [Oak Woods Cemetery, burialPlaceOf, Timuel Black]
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A.
Ibram Henry Rogers
Ibram Henry Rogers, better known as Ibram X. Kendi, is an American historian, author, and leading scholar of antiracism and race studies.
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B.
David T. Walker
David T. Walker is an American soul and jazz guitarist known for his smooth, expressive playing and extensive session work with major artists since the 1960s.
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C.
James Ingo Freed
James Ingo Freed was a prominent American architect known for major public works such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Air Force Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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D.
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.
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E.
Leroy S. Johnson
Leroy S. Johnson was a prominent Mormon fundamentalist leader who guided the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints through much of the mid-20th century.
- 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: Timuel Black Target entity description: Timuel Black was an influential African American historian, educator, and civil rights activist from Chicago, known for his work documenting Black history and organizing for social justice.
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A.
Ibram Henry Rogers
Ibram Henry Rogers, better known as Ibram X. Kendi, is an American historian, author, and leading scholar of antiracism and race studies.
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B.
David T. Walker
David T. Walker is an American soul and jazz guitarist known for his smooth, expressive playing and extensive session work with major artists since the 1960s.
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C.
James Ingo Freed
James Ingo Freed was a prominent American architect known for major public works such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Air Force Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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D.
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.
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E.
Leroy S. Johnson
Leroy S. Johnson was a prominent Mormon fundamentalist leader who guided the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints through much of the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
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civil rights activist ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ oral historian ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Chicago History Museum Lifetime Achievement Award
NERFINISHED
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National Humanities Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Roosevelt University’s Distinguished Alumni Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1918-12-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Birmingham, Alabama, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2021-10-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Chicago, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Roosevelt University
NERFINISHED
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University of Chicago ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| familyName | Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African American history
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Chicago history ⓘ civil rights movement ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Timuel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Barack Obama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
documenting Black history in Chicago
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mentoring younger activists and politicians in Chicago ⓘ oral histories of the Great Migration ⓘ organizing for social justice ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| name | Timuel Dixon Black Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bridges of Memory: Chicago’s First Wave of Black Migration
NERFINISHED
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Bridges of Memory: Chicago’s Second Generation of Black Migration NERFINISHED ⓘ Sacred Ground: The Chicago Streets of Timuel Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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civil rights activist ⓘ educator ⓘ historian ⓘ |
| politicalActivity |
participated in voter registration drives
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supported Harold Washington’s campaign for mayor of Chicago ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Zenobia Johnson Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Chicago Public Schools
NERFINISHED
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City Colleges of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold Washington College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Timuel Black Description of subject: Timuel Black was an influential African American historian, educator, and civil rights activist from Chicago, known for his work documenting Black history and organizing for social justice.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Oak Woods Cemetery