Ron Ridenhour Courage Prize
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The Ron Ridenhour Courage Prize is an American award honoring individuals who demonstrate extraordinary bravery in speaking truth to power, often in the public interest or as whistleblowers.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ron Ridenhour Courage Prize canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6033471 — 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: Ron Ridenhour Courage Prize Context triple: [Daniel Ellsberg, awardReceived, Ron Ridenhour Courage Prize]
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing human rights, social justice, and the legacy of Robert F. Kennedy through advocacy, litigation, and education worldwide.
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B.
Denis Hayes
Denis Hayes is an American environmental advocate best known for organizing the first Earth Day and helping launch the modern environmental movement.
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C.
Anthony Shriver
Anthony Shriver is an American activist and philanthropist best known as the founder of Best Buddies International, a nonprofit organization that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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D.
Ward Churchill
Ward Churchill is a controversial American author, activist, and former ethnic studies professor known for his writings on Indigenous rights, U.S. imperialism, and critiques of government policy.
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H. Charles Grawemeyer
H. Charles Grawemeyer was an American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Grawemeyer Awards to honor impactful ideas in fields such as world order, music, and education.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ron Ridenhour Courage Prize Target entity description: The Ron Ridenhour Courage Prize is an American award honoring individuals who demonstrate extraordinary bravery in speaking truth to power, often in the public interest or as whistleblowers.
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A.
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing human rights, social justice, and the legacy of Robert F. Kennedy through advocacy, litigation, and education worldwide.
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B.
Denis Hayes
Denis Hayes is an American environmental advocate best known for organizing the first Earth Day and helping launch the modern environmental movement.
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C.
Anthony Shriver
Anthony Shriver is an American activist and philanthropist best known as the founder of Best Buddies International, a nonprofit organization that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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D.
Ward Churchill
Ward Churchill is a controversial American author, activist, and former ethnic studies professor known for his writings on Indigenous rights, U.S. imperialism, and critiques of government policy.
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E.
H. Charles Grawemeyer
H. Charles Grawemeyer was an American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Grawemeyer Awards to honor impactful ideas in fields such as world order, music, and education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American award
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award ⓘ |
| awardFor |
courage
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public interest ⓘ speaking truth to power ⓘ whistleblowing ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre | civil courage award ⓘ |
| hasAwarded |
Anita Hill
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Bill Binney NERFINISHED ⓘ Bunnatine Greenhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Chelsea Manning NERFINISHED ⓘ Coleen Rowley NERFINISHED ⓘ Craig Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ Dahr Jamail NERFINISHED ⓘ Daniel Ellsberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Diane Roark NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Snowden NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Serpico NERFINISHED ⓘ Glenn Greenwald NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Zinn NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Thompson Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq Veterans Against the War NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq Veterans Against the War members ⓘ Iraq War whistleblowers ⓘ J. Kirk Wiebe NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamie Leigh Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeremy Scahill NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesselyn Radack NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ Laura Poitras NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrence Colburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew Hoh NERFINISHED ⓘ Rick Piltz NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Provance NERFINISHED ⓘ Seymour Hersh NERFINISHED ⓘ Sibel Edmonds NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Andrews Drake NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Drake NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Tamm NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomas Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Valerie Plame NERFINISHED ⓘ Wendell Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ civil liberties advocates ⓘ |
| inception | 2004 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ron Ridenhour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Ron Ridenhour Prizes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
Fertel Foundation
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The Nation Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Ron Ridenhour Courage Prize Description of subject: The Ron Ridenhour Courage Prize is an American award honoring individuals who demonstrate extraordinary bravery in speaking truth to power, often in the public interest or as whistleblowers.
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