The Man Who Killed Jim Crow
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"The Man Who Killed Jim Crow" is the honorific nickname given to pioneering civil rights lawyer Charles Hamilton Houston, whose legal strategy and mentorship laid the groundwork for dismantling racial segregation in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Man Who Killed Jim Crow canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Man Who Killed Jim Crow Context triple: [Charles Hamilton Houston, nickname, The Man Who Killed Jim Crow]
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A.
The Strange Career of Jim Crow
The Strange Career of Jim Crow is a landmark historical study by C. Vann Woodward that traces the origins, evolution, and legal dismantling of racial segregation in the American South.
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B.
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
"Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age" is a nonfiction history book by Kevin Boyle that recounts the 1925 Detroit murder trial of Black physician Ossian Sweet, exploring its significance for American race relations and civil rights.
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C.
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
The Cross and the Lynching Tree is a theological work by James H. Cone that explores the connection between the Christian crucifixion narrative and the history of racial terror and lynching in the United States.
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D.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1974 American television film, based on Ernest J. Gaines’s novel, that follows the life of a 110-year-old Black woman whose memories trace the history of African Americans from slavery through the civil rights movement.
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E.
Black Reconstruction in America
Black Reconstruction in America is W. E. B. Du Bois’s landmark historical study that reinterprets the Reconstruction era as a period of Black political agency and class struggle, challenging dominant racist narratives in U.S. historiography.
- 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: The Man Who Killed Jim Crow Target entity description: "The Man Who Killed Jim Crow" is the honorific nickname given to pioneering civil rights lawyer Charles Hamilton Houston, whose legal strategy and mentorship laid the groundwork for dismantling racial segregation in the United States.
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A.
The Strange Career of Jim Crow
The Strange Career of Jim Crow is a landmark historical study by C. Vann Woodward that traces the origins, evolution, and legal dismantling of racial segregation in the American South.
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B.
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
"Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age" is a nonfiction history book by Kevin Boyle that recounts the 1925 Detroit murder trial of Black physician Ossian Sweet, exploring its significance for American race relations and civil rights.
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C.
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
The Cross and the Lynching Tree is a theological work by James H. Cone that explores the connection between the Christian crucifixion narrative and the history of racial terror and lynching in the United States.
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D.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1974 American television film, based on Ernest J. Gaines’s novel, that follows the life of a 110-year-old Black woman whose memories trace the history of African Americans from slavery through the civil rights movement.
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E.
Black Reconstruction in America
Black Reconstruction in America is W. E. B. Du Bois’s landmark historical study that reinterprets the Reconstruction era as a period of Black political agency and class struggle, challenging dominant racist narratives in U.S. historiography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | honorific nickname ⓘ |
| appliedToOccupation | civil rights lawyer ⓘ |
| appliedToPersonOccupation | Howard University School of Law vice-dean Charles Hamilton Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliedToRole |
legal strategist
ⓘ
mentor ⓘ |
| associatedWithField | civil rights law ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution | Howard University School of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | NAACP Legal Defense work of Charles Hamilton Houston ⓘ |
| category |
honorific titles in the United States
ⓘ
nicknames of people ⓘ |
| connotation | pioneering legal dismantling of racial segregation ⓘ |
| countryOfContext | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describesAchievement |
developing a long-term litigation strategy against segregation
ⓘ
laying groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| hasPart | phrase "Jim Crow" referring to racial segregation laws in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honors | Charles Hamilton Houston’s contributions to dismantling Jim Crow laws ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
legal strategy against racial segregation
ⓘ
mentorship of Thurgood Marshall ⓘ |
| refersTo | Charles Hamilton Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refersToTimePeriod | early to mid-20th century United States civil rights litigation ⓘ |
| symbolizes | the legal fight against Jim Crow segregation ⓘ |
| usedIn |
biographical works about Charles Hamilton Houston
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historical discussions of school desegregation litigation ⓘ |
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